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. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
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… — 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 Image
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 Image
I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else. — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
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![“I wrote these two songs ["Coming Out of the Dark" and "Always Tomorrow"] as a celebration of hope. And I want to send it out to all of those people who are suffering through this terrible disaster [Hurricane Katrina], and please know that you are not alone - and you will not be.” quote by Gloria Estefan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f16/gloria-estefan-2160_celebration_i-wrote-these-two-songs-coming-out-of-th_256272.jpg)
