Gloria Estefan famous quotes

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Motherhood #Being A Mom #Difficult

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

#Heart #Desire #Calming

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.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Children #Thinking #Example

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

#May #Tomorrow

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

#Unanswered Questions #Inhibitions

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

#Miami #Castro #Turns

I'm very excited about this wonderful opportunity to take part in the evolution of a company that is integral to the Hispanic community and a powerful force in all areas of the media.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Powerful #Opportunity #Media

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.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Latin #Believe #Artist

We do have the power to save one another . . .
-- Gloria Estefan

The last thing I wanted to do was put politics into my music . . . because music was my escape.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Lasts #Music Is #Wanted

The music is one of the beautiful things that has survived the Castro regime. I have played for audiences all over the world but I've never played for a Cuban audience. For [husband] Emilio and me, the music is the one tie to our homeland.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Beautiful #Husband #Ties

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.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Song #Tired #People

When you sing in English and Spanish, it's two completely different forms of expression and . . . even the people who don't speak Spanish love to hear me sing in Spanish.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Expression #Two #People

Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre) is probably one of the most personal songs from the new [September, 2007] CD, "90 Millas" . . . as it really speaks about the celebration, nostalgia and emotion that will happen the day Cuba is free. If we're to move forward in Cuba, we really have to have a lot of forgiveness for each other and look towards the future.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Song #Moving #Sea

I doubt that Fidel will ever come back to power. I think he is slowly going to the great beyond. Too slowly . . . he could have gone a long time ago.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Thinking #Long #Doubt

I spent my childhood alone, overweight and ugly, angry at everything, and knowing nothing of a life beyond this sadness.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Sadness #Knowing #Childhood

For I've finally realized, that I could be infinitely better than before, definitely stronger. I'll face whatever comes my way, I'll savor each moment of the day, Love as many people as I can along the way. Help someone who's given up, even if it's just to raise my eyes and pray.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Eye #People #Stronger

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?
-- Gloria Estefan

#Country #Two Year Olds #Years

It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Believe #United States #Stories

We seal our fate with the choices we make.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Fate #Choices #Seals

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

#People #Everyday #Library

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.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Strong #Work Out #Shapes

You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Dream #Believe

My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Kings #Inspiration #Wonder

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

#People #Fans #Congas

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

#Negative #World #This World

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

#Crowns #Want #Lasts

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

#Romantic #Love You #Kissing

I tell him [husband Emilio] you are lucky I am not a jealous woman, because look at the women he's worked with: Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Thalia, Madonna. These very sexy women. I trust him.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Sexy #Husband #Jealous

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

#Titles #Pancakes #Claims

I thought it would be lovely to use [pet bulldog] Noelle as an example to teach the importance of being who you are. For me it's important to inspire children in a positive way, and at times they understand more messages through entertainment than when one is talking to them directly.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Children #Talking #Inspire

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

#Beautiful #Music Is #Beautiful Things

This blend of musicians on '90 Millas' is historically significant on a number of levels. This is the first and quite possibly the last time that all of these legendary artists will play together on one CD.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Artist #Cds #Play

My favorite process is writing, from day one. The songs I have written throughout the years were a real great opportunity for me to communicate, because I think tha'ts my prime objective on this planet.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Song #Real #Writing

[To beginning readers (ages 4 to 8) at a reading of "Noelle's Treasure Tale"]: If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in the dictionary for you.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Book #Reading #Parent

[My mother] closed the school the next day [after a visit from Castro's soldiers], because she knew that the purpose of education was the broadening and opening of children's minds. And she couldn't be a party to the systematic closing of minds, borders, freedoms and ideals.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Mother #Children #Party

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

#Faces #Bigs #Pleasant

There is nothing better than humor to keep a marriage going.
-- Gloria Estefan

My guitar and singing was my way of crying.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Music #Guitar #Singing

Performing is one of the best feelings I know!
-- Gloria Estefan

#Feelings #Performing

There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and Ive always looked at life that way; Ive always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that Ive gone through.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Beautiful #Kids #Brave

My mum had a very strong moral code, which I kind of came with. I never really had to be told what was right or wrong - I knew. I was very mature from early on and I was a very good girl, so she never had any trouble with me.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Girl #Strong #Moral

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.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Latin #Albums #September

It is always so, I guess, validating when you meet somebody that you esteem -- and then they turn out to be everything [you thought] and more.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Turns #Esteem

[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.
-- Gloria Estefan

#New York #Children #Treasure

I have a twenty-month-old baby [girl], [and] a sixteen-year-old boy same maturity level.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Girl #Baby #Maturity

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

#Children #College #Psychology

[After college] I was going to study at the Sorbon and become a diplomat. Being a diplomat comes in handy when you are dealing with record companies.
-- Gloria Estefan

#College #Records #Diplomats

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

#Animal #Affinity #Call Me

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.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Kids #Self #Perspective

I dreamed of becoming a writer. And . . . this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book . . .
-- Gloria Estefan

#Dream #Children #Book

And, because of the life that I shared with these two amazing women [her mother and maternal grandmother] and the hardships and struggles that I saw them overcome, I learned an invaluable lesson: and that is that women can do anything we set our minds to . . . and then some!
-- Gloria Estefan

#Mother #Struggle #Two

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

#Years #Ipods #Lasts

I received an award for 25 million in [album] sales the night before the bus accident [in 1990].
-- Gloria Estefan

#Night #Awards #Albums

[After a poor prognosis for recovery from her doctor following her 1990 bus accident] I said if it is up to me, I'm going to be OK.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Recovery #Doctors #Poor

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

#Believe #I Believe #Stores

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
-- Gloria Estefan

#Fate #Opportunity #Years