If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.

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.

If seek the light of knowledge of God, we know how to live.

Only move forward with creating a product that will be "above the bar.

You've got to hide your love away. You can't just hide your feelings. You have to destroy them. Kill them before they kill you.

She pushed his massive chest, which was as effective as if she pushed granite. "What are you made of, bloody stone?" He chuckled, eyes full of mirth. "Sometimes.

I'm 48 now and whatever I get music-wise, I get from my kids and that's it. I don't think I'll ever be hip again!

There are no frictions between us, there is only rivalry.

A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.

Show me where a man spends his time & money, and I'll show you his god.

I think saying you're bad at something is rather wonderful because then it doesn't matter anymore.

A guy I interviewed for Hard Times says, "What do I remember about the Great Depression? That I was hungry, that's all." Elemental things.