Gloria Estefan

"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."

- Gloria Estefan

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

- Gloria Estefan

"Motherhood is… difficult and… rewarding."

- Gloria Estefan

"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."

- Gloria Estefan

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

- Gloria Estefan

"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

"Motherhood is difficult and rewarding."

- Gloria Estefan

"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

"Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it. It’s yours to have."

- Gloria Estefan

"Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it’s yours to have."

- Gloria Estefan

"You can’t change the circumstances, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of."

- Gloria Estefan