The music is one of the beautiful things that has survived the Castro regime. I have played for audiences all over the… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I left Cuba when I was two years old. They took away my country, they stole the most intimate thing a human… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Of course in Miami, not denouncing Fidel Castro at every turn is almost as bad as saying Gloria Estefan can't sing. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
More than anything I want to be able to go back to Cuba, to have a house to visit there, to know… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
[My mother] closed the school the next day [after a visit from Castro's soldiers], because she knew that the purpose of education… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Stevie Wonder always smells so good... I'm like a DEA dog, I can smell people a block away! — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
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… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and Ive always looked at life that way; Ive always tried… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
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. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
Music has been one of the most beautiful things in my life and will always be a very big part of who I am… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
It is always so, I guess, validating when you meet somebody that you esteem -- and then they turn out to be everything [you… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
I wrote these two songs ["Coming Out of the Dark" and "Always Tomorrow"] as a celebration of hope. And I want to send it… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share
![“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.” quote by Gloria Estefan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/gloria-estefan-2160_audience_the-music-is-one-of-the-beautiful-things_802296.png)
![“[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.” quote by Gloria Estefan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/gloria-estefan-2160_borders_my-mother-closed-the-school-the-next-day_3111891.png)