Gloria Estefan: Trending quotes (page 3)

“'Live for Loving You' is a kind of song that really can live in many different genres. And, of course, when you do your live performances the first time that you perform a song you want to stay true to the record: because tha's what people want to hear, they want to hear the hit. But then after you have done it fifty thousand times and through many, many different tours, you start experimenting and doing stuff to surprise people. So, the cut that we are doing here for the "iTunes Orginal" is something that we love to do -- because we just took it and really broke it down to a Samba. You know, the Brazilians have an amazing edge -- percussively, I think -- they have amazing rhythms. And this song really fit that rhythm very nicely. So, we wanted to do it acoustically and really cool -- and like we've done many times on tour. Just break it down to just acoustic, no synths and things of that nature: just make it organic. And I love that song for that reason: because you could perform it with just a couple of bongos and some vocals if you had to. And it would still work.”

Gloria Estefan

iTunes interview (released June 2, 2007)
2007, 2008

Love , People , Nature , Thinking

“I had always thought about a lullaby album. But when Noelle came along, my little Colombian bulldog, she really gave me a plethora of ideas. I remembered when I was little in Texas and I was the only Hispanic in my class. Because the first book was about feelings, how Noelle's weaknesses turned into her strengths. That you have to keep your identity.”

Gloria Estefan

Reuters (November 17, 2006)
2007, 2008

Books , Feeling , Idea

“[She was the first pop singer to perform for a Pope. ] And a woman at that. Apparently Pope John Paul II and his boys -- is that what you call them? -- loved one of my songs and thought I was puting spiritual messages in my music. I'm not religious as such. Dogma and I don't get along. They knew all that, but the Pope was celebrating 50 years as a priest, and he asked for me. Quite an audience -- bishops, cardinals, a handful of nuns -- and me, covered from neck to ankles.”

Gloria Estefan

www.huffingtonpost.com (September 7, 2007)
2007, 2008

Love , Music , Boy

“Everything's funny for God's sake. Everything.”

Gloria Estefan

www.s-t.com (July 5, 1996)
2007, 2008

God

“Ever since I was a little girl, I felt that I wanted to be of service here on the earth: I felt that was my job somehow. And whatever I was going to do, I was going to find a way to do that. And so, as I got a larger audience -- a broader audience worldwide, and more and more people were listening to me -- it became important for me to share that thought. And the song "Get on Your Feet" -- which I didn't write, it was written actually by my guitar player, bass player and keyboardist... They knew how I felt. [They knew] what my thoughts were... So although it was written before my accident, it was thrown back at me so many times... But that really is my motto. I look always forward. I look ahead. And that's why I chose to record that song, because I really loved the message. Then "Coming Out of the Dark," which came on the heals of that accident and my rehab, and the incredible love that I felt from everyone worldwide that helped me through that difficult moment when I broke my back in 1990, is a big thank you to my fans -- and an expression of how ultimately we are here for each other to help one another. And the strength of prayer... That's why I say I know the love that saved me, you're sharing with me. We do have the power to save one another... And I wanted to thank everyone for being there for me.”

Gloria Estefan

iTunes interview (released June 2, 2007)
2007

Love , People , Way , Girl

“Sometimes one bad decision can mess up your life. We seal our fate with the choices we make. But don't give a second thought to the chances we take… Surely, you say, it's not as bad as you make it sound. If we make a mistake, you can always turn it back around. Get back on the straight and narrow -- When I'm through having all my fun... We seal our fate with the choices we make...”

Gloria Estefan

Seal Our Fate
2007, 2008

Life , Fate , Decision , Chance

“You know, I don't know about this "Diva thing," O. K. This "Diva thing" is getting a little out of hand, I think. I mean if anything, I'm a divette.”

Gloria Estefan

VH1 Divas Live
2007, 2008

Thinking

“When I wrote "Words Get in the Way" my husband and I had just had a horrendous argument.... [After it was an international hit] My husband said, "We have to have more arguments."”

Gloria Estefan

Gayle King XM satellite radio program (October 23, 2006)
2007, 2008

Way

“She [then nine-year-old daughter Emily] grew up with 'The Rhythm is Gonna Get You,' Well... It got her!”

Gloria Estefan

comment September 8, 2004, to concert audience in Washington, D.C. after Emily's drum solo
2007, 2008

Daughters

“This blend of musicians on '90 Millas' is historically significant on a number of levels. This is the first and quite possibly the last time that all of these legendary artists will play together on one CD.”

Gloria Estefan

orlandosentinel.com -- exerpt from Burgundy Records announcement of '90 Millas' (August 10, 2007)
2007, 2008

Time

“I overheard backstage... Did someone just auction off Emilio and me? That was scary!”

Gloria Estefan

comment to audience at "Miami Rocks for [Hurricane Katrina] Relief" concert on September 30, 2005
2007, 2008

“Those of you who speak only English, applaud [audience applause]. Those of you who speak only Spanish, applaud [audience applause]. [In mock incredulity] Then how do you know what I just said?”

Gloria Estefan

"trick" question at innumerable concerts— always with the same result
2007, 2008

“My home is my paradise. When I come home at night, I feel an overall peaceful sensation. We will never give this place up.”

Gloria Estefan

People en Espanol magazine (April, 2004)
2007, 2008

Peace , Feeling , Home , Night

“We [Emilio and I] have diversified: We run four restaurants, a hotel, a recording studio, a publishing company, and we have our corporate offices and a lot of other real estate.”

Gloria Estefan

Billboard Magazine (11 October 2003)
2007, 2008

“The last thing I wanted to do was put politics into my music... because music was my escape.”

Gloria Estefan

iTunes interview (released June 2, 2007)
2007, 2008

Music

“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.”

Gloria Estefan

Dutch television interview (March 1, 2007)
2007, 2008

Women

“And, because of the life that I shared with these two amazing women [her mother and maternal grandmother] and the hardships and struggles that I saw them overcome, I learned an invaluable lesson: and that is that women can do anything we set our minds to... and then some!”

Gloria Estefan

address to LULAC (July 1, 2005)
2007, 2008

Life , Women , Learning , Maternity

“Getting this caliber of musicians together [for "90 Millas" CD in September of 2007] is almost impossible to do again.”

Gloria Estefan

Emilio Estefan, Reuters (July 23, 2007)
2007, 2008

“I'm a writer and this is what I love to do. There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity, you can't write.”

Gloria Estefan

Reuters News Agency (October 10, 2005)
2007, 2008

Love

“I left Cuba when I was two years old. They took away my country, they stole the most intimate thing a human being can have. How could I forget that Fidel Castro was the person who did me so much harm?”

Gloria Estefan

"Exito (online newspaper)" (October 1997)
2007, 2008

Personality , Country , Forgetting