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Singer-songwriter

Gloria Estefan, born on September 1, 1957, is a renowned American singer and songwriter. Her musical career began in the 1970s, and she became famous for her passionate Latin music style and fusion with pop music. Estefan has been widely recognized for her versatility and musical achievements, winning multiple Grammy Awards.

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“I dreamed of becoming a writer. And this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children's book.”

Firsts Children Book Dream Reality Lasts Becoming Hopefully Publication Children's Books Hopefully Not

Author:Gloria Estefan

“And, because of the life that I shared with these two amazing women [her mother and maternal grandmother] and the hardships and struggles that I saw them overcome, I learned an invaluable lesson, and that is that women can do anything we set our minds to... and then some!”

Mind Two Mother Can Do Struggle Saws Lessons Overcoming Grandmother Hardship Invaluable Amazing Woman

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“I've bought more music for my Ipod in one year than I bought in the last ten years of my life.”

Years Lasts Ten Ipods

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“I received an award for 25 million in [album] sales the night before the bus accident [in 1990].”

Night Millions Albums Accidents Awards Bus

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“[After a poor prognosis for recovery from her doctor following her 1990 bus accident] I said if it is up to me, I'm going to be OK.”

Ifs Said Poor Doctors Following Accidents Recovery Bus Prognosis

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“It is always so, I guess, validating when you meet somebody that you esteem -- and then they turn out to be everything [you thought] and more.”

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“You've got a new Spanish-language album out now ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007], and the single ["No Llores"] is #1 on the Billboard Latin chart.”

Language Albums Latin September Billboards Spanish Language

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“The most beautiful thing about music is that it transcends most anything.”

Beautiful Music Is Beautiful Things

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“This blend of musicians on '90 Millas' is historically significant on a number of levels. This is the first and quite possibly the last time that all of these legendary artists will play together on one CD.”

Firsts Play Together Lasts Artist Levels Numbers Musician Significant Last Time Cds Legendary

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“My favorite process is writing, from day one. The songs I have written throughout the years were a real great opportunity for me to communicate, because I think tha'ts my prime objective on this planet.”

Thinking Writing Years Real Song Opportunity Process Written Planets My Favorite Communicate Objectives Prime Great Opportunity

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“If you discover a word in my book that you don't understand, ask your parents so they can look it up in the dictionary for you.”

Ifs Looks Book Age Reading Asks Parent Reader Treasure Tales Dictionary

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“[My mother] closed the school the next day [after a visit from Castro's soldiers], because she knew that the purpose of education was the broadening and opening of children's minds. And she couldn't be a party to the systematic closing of minds, borders, freedoms and ideals.”

Mind Children School Mother Purpose Next Party Ideals Soldier Opening Borders Next Day Closing Systematic Castro Purpose Of Education

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“I have had a life in which I have had to face every big fear, and it has not been pleasant.”

Bigs Faces Pleasant

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“There is nothing better than humor to keep a marriage going.”

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“My guitar and singing was my way of crying.”

Way Music Cry Singing Guitar My Way

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“Performing is one of the best feelings I know!”

Knows Feelings Performing

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“There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and Ive always looked at life that way; Ive 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 Ive gone through.”

World Way Kids Beautiful My Own Gone Fronts Difficulty Brave Beautiful Things My Own Life

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“My mum had a very strong moral code, which I kind of came with. I never really had to be told what was right or wrong - I knew. I was very mature from early on and I was a very good girl, so she never had any trouble with me.”

Kind Girl Strong Moral Trouble Very Good Code Mature Very Strong Mum Good Girl Moral Code

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“You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through”

Knows Believe Certain I Believe Stores

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“Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with so much feeling, jazz, blues, all those singers, they were songs that I listened to, records that my mom played for me, and then later I bought.”

People Firsts Wells Feelings Song Records Mom Jazz My Mom Singers Ballads

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“When I went to do "Carson" that night, they wanted us to do two songs, but we were a brand new band. "Conga" hadn't even hit the top 10 yet. They go, "Do you think you could do something that people know, because we want you to do a second song, but not two originals, because we don't want to lose the audience, just in case."”

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“Because it's one thing when you - oh, I love this tune. But then when you go to sing it, it's got to have something really personal. Then down to 25, and then to pick the final ones I just picked the ones that were more personal, that had something to do with my life.”

One Thing Picks Finals Tunes

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“It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.”

Levels Saws Stage Tough Shy Music Business

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“My son traveled the world with me on every tour. He wasn't a lover of school, so it was easy with him. I had a tutor on the road, keep him at the same level, so when he'd pop back home he'd go right back in.”

World Home School Easy Levels Son Lovers Pops My Son Traveled Back Home Tutor

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“Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.”

Way Children Sometimes Hard Parent Small Child

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“I think it's important to have a happy parent.”

Thinking Important Parent

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“A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.”

Parent Upset Resentful

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“Everybody's not as fortunate as I've been that can have their hubby with them on the road, that we can do whatever we want and mainly be honest with the kids. Just the time that you do give them, make it be great time. It doesn't have to be hours.”

Want Giving Kids Can Do Hours Honest Being Honest Fortunate Great Times Hubby

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“There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere.”

People Hours Differences Baby Making A Difference

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“I wouldn't recommend working with your partner for everyone, because it's tough. There's got to be a really keen balance. You've got to know when to stop being the manager and become the husband. I can't go home and complain to my husband about my manager.”

Knows I Can Home Balance Husband Tough Complaining Partners Managers My Husband

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“I'm very appreciative of, and I also, having traveled the world, know that the United States is one of the few places where there really are no limitations. As long as you've got drive and hard work and a good idea and you can get out there and do your thing, there's no social classes, so in a lot of countries there's a big history of regardless of how much money you may make, there's still that little thing where you're not in society. That doesn't exist here.”

Knows World May Littles Long Stills Ideas Country Hard States Bigs Social United Class United States Hard Work Limitation Little Things Good Ideas Traveled Appreciative Social Class

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“Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.”

Trying Humans Human Beings Being There

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“In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.”

Long Certain Social Break Europe Harder Social Systems

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“It's not so much for me where you come from, who you are, what race you are. We're just human beings that are still a work in progress and there's a lot that we've got to overcome, so that we can all be equal.”

Humans Stills Human Beings Race Progress Equal Overcoming Who You Are Work In Progress Where You Come

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“I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.”

Littles Important Kids Realizing Responsibility Vote

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“It's important to me that the words that I put out there into the cosmos, into the universe, be empowering or somehow positive for people that hear them, or maybe be cathartic if someone is having a relationship that's having a tough time.”

People Ifs Important Universe Tough Empowering Cosmos Tough Times Cathartic

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“I've sung since I talked, when I'm two, but what I sang was ballads, because it's very hard to do a dance track with your little acoustic guitar when you're a kid.”

Littles Two Hard Kids Guitar Track Acoustics Ballads Acoustic Guitar

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“If you're trying to do what's popular now, you're way behind already. By the time you record it and do it and try to copy it, it's moved on.”

Ifs Way Trying Behinds Records Moved Copies Moved On

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“I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always going to produce their art, their music. They're going to paint, they're going to write.”

Thinking Writing Art Artist Taken Doubt Produce Huge Paint No Doubt

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“The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.”

Writing Process Challenges Intimate Going To Work Introverted

Author:Gloria Estefan

“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!”

Happens My Own Comfortable Skins Fantastic Just Being Being Myself

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“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.”

Want Writing Heart Soul Fans Produce Like You Baby Heart And Soul

Author:Gloria Estefan

“I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.”

Thinking Should Years Littles Sometimes Done Moments Wish Grows Bits Five One Day Ten Little Bit Let Me Evolve Live In The Moment

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“If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.”

Ifs Wells Moments Bigs Wanted Dark Checks Dark Moments

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“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.”

People Thinking Done Helping Doctors Psychologist One On One

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“It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.”

Feels Children Today Parent Challenges Information Source Our Children Crucial

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“Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.”

Mother Father Memories Constant Caring Balanced Later In Life

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“Music has been one of the most beautiful things in my life and will always be a very big part of who I am and what I do.”

Has Beens Bigs Beautiful Who I Am Beautiful Things

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“My daughter is almost a young lady. She's going to be 10 years old in December and I want to be there day-in and day-out.”

Want Years Young Daughter My Daughter December Young Ladies

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“We kiss and hug our kids a lot! And even now when our son lives 3,000 miles away, we talk every day, sometimes several times.”

Sometimes Kids Son Kissing Miles Hug Miles Away Kisses And Hugs

Author:Gloria Estefan

About the Author

Born: September 1, 1957
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 160

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