Quotes from Gloria Estefan

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

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.

The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.

The script [for the movie based on the life of singer Connie Francis -- "Who's Sorry Now?"] is finished and is in the hands of several artists to see if somebody wants to film at the start of [2006].

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.

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

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

I know that people think of me in terms of Latin music and that's wonderful, that's my heritage, that's who I am, but there's so much more to me and my music.

You know, it's funny how songs continue to grow and evolve and become a new and deeper reflection of your life.

The '70s were a hot time. You know? I was, like, the most calm of all my friends.

The greatest feeling is to have somebody that's so happy to see you.

How many chances do you get to do something new?

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

Sometimes I tend to think in very methodical, very concise terms.

Things will never stay the same. The only one sure thing is change. That's why there's always tomorrow.

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.

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.

Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.

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.

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.

As an immigrant, I appreciate, far more than the average American, the liberties we have in this country. Silence is a big enemy of morality. I don't want our blunders in history to get repeated.

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

I wrote poetry, which got me into lyrics. Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Elton John pulled me into pop. I started singing with a band - just for fun - when I was 17. And pretty soon, I was thinking I could sing pop in English as well as Spanish.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.