Gloria Estefan Quotes

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

For the rest of my life, the one song that people will remember -- regardless -- is "Conga" . . . I never get tired of singing it. It never gets old for me.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.

Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.

I make the best pancakes you'll ever have! And I claim that title gladly. On Saturdays I make them for everybody.

The most beautiful thing about music is that it transcends most anything.

We seal our fate with the choices we make.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.

We must feel the pain before the pleasure, only then can we tell them apart.

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.

Make sure everything you do you really like, because you have to sing it the rest of your life.

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.

I've got nine dogs, eight birds, turtles, fish and I had wallabies at one point.

As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.

She's an amazing dog and really inspired everything that's in this book.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

Stevie Wonder always smells so good... I'm like a DEA dog, I can smell people a block away!

I've been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn't do, like perfumes, lines of clothing and this, that and the other.

When I was a teenager, I was fat. I was shy. I wore glasses. I had a big eyebrow and hair all over my body. They were years of torture.

I only used my whole life one perfume, and it's Cartier's Les Must.

My friends call me 'Dolittle One' [a reference to her physical stature and affinity for animals].

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write.

A woman's exterior beauty is a reflection of her internal peace and happiness.

I am trying to teach my children to feel a responsibility for their fellow human beings and a sense of connection with ... the world around them.

My Conga people [fans] will find me anywhere I go.

[Cuban coffee is] very powerful, very sweet, and a little dangerous - just like the people who drink it.

[As of November 17, 2006] 'Noelle's Treasure Tale' has remained at No. 3 on the New York Times children's best seller list since its October 10 release.

We do have the power to save one another...

I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always going to produce their art, their music. They're going to paint, they're going to write.

I have had a life in which I have had to face every big fear, and it has not been pleasant.

You don't have to give up who you are to be successful just because you're different.

One of the most beautiful things we can give our child is music education.

The secret of a long marriage is shaving your legs every day . . . because it shows you still care.

I wanted to talk to very young kids about self-image and about being different and how that can be your strength, especially from the immigrant perspective.

Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.

I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time.

I majored in Psychology in college. I was going to be a child psychologist.

I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.

I've bought more music for my Ipod in one year than I bought in the last ten years of my life.

You've got a new Spanish-language album out now ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007], and the single ["No Llores"] is #1 on the Billboard Latin chart.