Gloria Estefan

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

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

“I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.”

“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.”

“In this life, I'm always going to choose the positive.”

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

“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.”

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

“Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.”

“The reason I'm not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.”