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" Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections. "

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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 the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.' "

" 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. "

" I'd love to have a program like 'Dr. Laura.' I studied psychology at the University of Miami, and when I rode the bus home from school, perfect strangers would strike up conversations with me and end up telling me their life stories. I think they could sense that I was studying to help people. That, or I have a face like a priest. "

" When you're a front man for a band, there's nowhere to hide. It took me a long time to get used to that. But music is my first love. I started singing when I talked. "

" You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce this thing. It's like your baby. "

" 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 and you can break through, even without a record company. "

" 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. "

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

Believe In Yourself

" I spent 15 years on the road between touring and recording and I never saw anything. I want to enjoy life. "

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

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

" There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I've always looked at life that way; I've always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I've gone through. "

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

" My mom was a source of strength. She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all. "

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

" Touring is hard. It's really hard on the singer, especially, because your body is your instrument and you have to be so good, it's like boot camp out there; I can't do anything - just sleep, sing and be very healthy. "

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

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

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

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

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

" I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead! "

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

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