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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.

Gloria Estefan

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Gloria Estefan
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 1
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Havana
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Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan
Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo Garcia de Estefan
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Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.
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I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time.
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I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.
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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.
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