Quotes from Jennifer Lopez

Mommy. It's just the one thing you don't want to mess up.

Ain't it funny how a moment could just change your life, and you don't want to face what's wrong or right. Ain't it strange how fate can play a part, in the story of your heart.

I think to give something a chance, to really get to know somebody, you want to do it out of the public eye.

And I never ask what I'm doing the next day. I don't want to know what I'm doing tomorrow. It's much too overwhelming. So I just go day by day, without knowing.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.

Nobody wants to hear celebrity complain

People equate sexy with promiscuous. They think that because I'm shaped this way, I must be scandalous - like running around and bringing men into my hotel room. But it's just the opposite.

This is the man my mother lived for. My career means something now because I've worked with Robert Redford.

I think if you're in a committed relationship, unless you have some sort of an understanding, monogamy is something that should exist.

I have the stardom glow.

Being an artist doesn't start because you're 21, and it doesn't end because you're 51. You are who you are until the day you die.

It's a shame to call somebody a 'diva' simply because they work harder than everybody else.

I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.

With hard work, living a good life, you can do anything. You will be rewarded for that.

And at the end of the day, I just want my work to speak for itself.

I have to work, for my soul.

When I turned 40, I was like, huh. I accept myself more now. It was much more comforting.

I could serve coffee using my rear as a ledge.

I've been married twice and I've tried to make it work, but I feel I haven't had a real marriage yet.

If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.

You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.

Always remember. You will live. You will love. You will dance again.

I had found that taking risks, being true to myself, and making decisions with good intentions can exceed even my own expectations.

Ultimately, we can never change someone else's behavior—we can only change our own.