Quotes by Gloria Estefan

About Gloria Estefan:

Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan is a Cuban American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur. She started off her career as the leading vocalist in the group called "Miami Latin Boys" which was eventually known as Miami Sound Machine. Her breakthrough success with Conga in 1985 made her known worldwide. It won the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in Japan. This is also her signature song. In the summer of 1988 she and the band got their first number one for the song Anything For You. She has a Contralto vocal range. She garnered honorific nicknames such as "The Queen of Latin Pop".
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My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini; I used to watch 'The Andy Williams Show' on TV. I was very musical, so I was watching stuff that most kids my age...

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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 ...

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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 th...

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Music has been so healing in my life, so the fact that my music could be that for someone else is the best gift of my whole career. People have told me that they got married to my music, divorced to my music, and played my music while they were havin...

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

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You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.

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You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.

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

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

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In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

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Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

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I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.

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I hold 'Mi Tierra,' my first Spanish-language album, very close to me because that was all done in my native tongue and won me my first Grammy.

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The Internet has been a blessing and a curse. The curse we know: A lot of people appropriating your intellectual property without paying for it. But I think it's important to realize the blessing of the Internet, which is that everybody has a voice a...

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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.

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

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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.

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There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.

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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.

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There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.

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Author Bio

  • NameGloria Estefan
  • DescriptionCuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur
  • AliasesGloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan
  • BornSeptember 1, 1957
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Cuba
  • ProfessionSinger; Singer-songwriter; Composer; Musician
  • AwardsMusiCares Person Of The Year