Gloria Estefan Quotes - Page 5

I left Cuba when I was two years old. They took away my country, they stole the most intimate thing a human being can have. How could I forget that Fidel Castro was the person who did me so much harm?

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

Neither. I did not bring my crown, and the last thing I would want to do is get into politics.

It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.

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

How can we expect something positive to come from all the negative that we put into this world?

My grandmother would shanghai pilots at the Havana airport so they'd bring me cartons of mango baby food - the only kind I'd eat. I learned to eat peach later. And in every carton, she'd slip a Cuban record.

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

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

If the 70's freed our inhibitions, what good did it do?

The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

I'm in great shape considering I have hardware in my back. I work out constantly to keep my muscles limber and my abs strong so they can take the burnt of everything.

[I would like to be] one of [the first pop singers to perform in a free Cuba]. I know the list is huge. And it would be hard to pull off -- I'd have a lump as big as a tostone [fried green plantain] in my throat. But oh my God, what a dream -- it would be the height of my personal and professional career.

I'm happy and I have a great life.

Of course in Miami, not denouncing Fidel Castro at every turn is almost as bad as saying Gloria Estefan can't sing.

Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time.

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

Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.

I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

The Internet has been a blessing and a curse. The curse we know: A lot of people appropriating your intellectual property without paying for it. But I think it's important to realize the blessing of the Internet, which is that everybody has a voice and you can break through, even without a record company.

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

My guitar and singing was my way of crying.

I spent 15 years on the road between touring and recording and I never saw anything. I want to enjoy life.