A real active music set, based and really concentrated on what the music's all about. That's what I'm all about - singing and a really good strong music set.

I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.

I might be a Cuban American, but I'm also an Afro-Cuban American.

I'm a big believer in education, period.

It happened in Miami, in Coral Gables, a great big ol' Cuban wedding. It was pretty intense.

If there was any other place I would live, other than Miami, it would be California. It's beautiful. The weather is just gorgeous, I love being here, too.

I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.

I write in English first, and then I translate to Spanish. I've always felt more comfortable with the English side of things first.

So, when I got the contract for my album, even though it was an English record, my manager insisted on making sure we would record in Spanish as well, and it worked out really well for me.

Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and I was an arranger and a producer.

This record has a lot of influences that I'd love to cover, like Marvin Gaye and Earth, Wind and Fire. Maybe I'll do some covers of my major influences during my live show.

Create peace within yourself so that you can spread the fragrance of peace all around the world.

If you are dirty, insignificant and unloved then rats are the ultimate role model.

We have a mental block inside us that stops us from earning more than we think we are worth. If we want to earn more in reality, we have to upgrade our self-concept.

Because of the gospel, God is doing a new work, and he invites us to participate in this innovative work that affects the entirety of our world.

For God, nothing is impossible. And, if he wanted, in the future women would give birth from their ears.

To be absolved, especially if you commit a crime, there is no absolution, you must pay. But for forgiveness, with God or nature, you have to accept what you've done.

The election is another element of ambiguity, .. and oil remains the crucial variable.

My culinary wardrobe is the same as my biking wardrobe, just no shoes.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

And I'm the kind of person who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near death experiences stop her.