Gloria Estefan Quotes

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.

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

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.

It's not so much for me where you come from, who you are, what race you are. We're just human beings that are still a work in progress and there's a lot that we've got to overcome, so that we can all be equal.

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

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.

We seal our fate with the choices we make.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

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

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

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

I'd like them to see that those things that set us apart or make us different can be wonderful contributions to the world around us. I'd like them to see that size and color are irrelevant to the dreams we envision for ourselves. And I'd also love for them to see that life is a journey, and every step of the way, we can learn something and become stronger and wiser.

I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.

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

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.

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

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

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

My family was musical on both sides. My father’s family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple’s double — she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

[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.

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

All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'

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.