My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.
My inspirations include the Beatles – love, love, love them – Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn’t knock twice.
We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.
We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don’t give a second thought to the chances we take.
As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.
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.
Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.
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.
I don’t want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.
I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.
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.
Love you all the time, ’cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it’s bright enough to light my life.
When I write a song it’s always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.
The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.
We seal our fate with the choices we make.
It’s a universal story, it’s an immigrant story, and it’s a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you’re determined and persevere, you’re going to succeed.
I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time.
A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It’s what I love to do the most.