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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.

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Gloria Estefan
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: September 1
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Havana
Cuba
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan
Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo Garcia de Estefan
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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.
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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 be Shirley Temple’s double — she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.
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My Conga people [fans] will find me anywhere I go.
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[My first children's book] is very subliminal, let's put it that way. It even has a bit of a metaphysical little message in there [about how] we're all somehow connected and we all have a responsibility toward each other. Although you may feel alone in the world, you definitely are not.
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The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.
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My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
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Performing is one of the best feelings I know!
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I love Gershwin. I love musicals.
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You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.
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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.
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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.
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When you are happy it is harder to write [songs].
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If the 70's freed our inhibitions, what good did it do?
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Make sure everything you do you really like, because you have to sing it the rest of your life.
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We seal our fate with the choices we make.
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Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.
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I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.
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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.
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I tell him [husband Emilio] you are lucky I am not a jealous woman, because look at the women he's worked with: Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, Thalia, Madonna. These very sexy women. I trust him.
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I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.
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