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“Are you kidding me!”

Gloria Estefan

answer on "The View" television program to question asking if she ever flys economy (December 14, 2005)
2007, 2008

“I saved her {pet bulldog Noelle's) life -- and she changed mine. [Noelle is the title character of The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog -- Estefan's first children's book. ]”

Gloria Estefan

The Book Standard (4 June 2005)
2007, 2008

Life , Children , Books , Change

“Being a mom is my number one job. My son [Nayib, 27] lives in Los Angeles and he has his own company where he works on music and film projects, but he calls me every day. Emily [who is 12] is very athletic; she plays tennis and basketball. I love going to her games. If she needs help with her home work, I'll sit with her. She also is very musical -- she writes poetry and plays the guitar. I always tell both my kids, "Find what makes you happy. The money will come regardless of what you do, and more or less of it is not going to be what makes you happy. Spending hours at something you enjoy will."”

Gloria Estefan

Latina Magazine (September, 2007)
2007, 2008

Love , Money , Music , Angels

“When you sing in English and Spanish, it's two completely different forms of expression and... even the people who don't speak Spanish love to hear me sing in Spanish.”

Gloria Estefan

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

Love , People , Singing

“Well, if you compare my album even as late as two years ago, I think as a writer I am much more at the forefront. I wrote all the lyrics and lots of the music on that album. It shows humor of the writer side of me. But I have evolved since then.”

Gloria Estefan

answer to question "How different is your music now from what it was 20 years ago?"
2006

Music , Thinking

“I thought it would be lovely to use [pet bulldog] Noelle as an example to teach the importance of being who you are. For me it's important to inspire children in a positive way, and at times they understand more messages through entertainment than when one is talking to them directly.”

Gloria Estefan

comment to The Associated Press regarding publication of her second children's book "Noelle's Treasure Tale" (October 9, 2006)
2007, 2008

Love , Children , Way , Understanding

“I've been offered a lot of things that celebrities do that I wouldn't do -- like perfumes, lines of clothing and this that and the other. But this [children's book] is right up my alley.”

Gloria Estefan

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

Children , Books , Clothes

“What do you expect for your $12,000?”

Gloria Estefan

question at Zo's Summer Groove benefit concert (Miami, July 15, 2006) to winning bidder for Estefan to personally read her first children's book "The Magically Mysterious Adventures of Noelle the Bulldog" at their home
2007, 2008

“We do have the power to save one another...”

Gloria Estefan

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

“Dad joined the US Army by this point [1964], and initially he was stationed in Texas and then South Carolina. But the Vietnam war brought our normal life to an end. Once again, Dad was gone. Communications were very basic back then: Dad couldn't just pick up a cellphone and let us know he was okay. Months would go by without a letter or anything. Eventually he bought two tape recorders -- one he kept with him and one for our house. Dad used to talk into the recorder and send the tapes home. Then we would gather round our machine and tell Dad stories. And I would sing. I still have all the tapes, but I can't listen to them. It hurts too much. After Dad came back from Nam, he wasn't well. He'd been poisoned by Agent Orange and needed quite a lot of looking after. Mum was busy trying to get her Cuban qualifications revalidated by a US university, so I had to take care of Dad and my little sister [Becky]. It was tough. Toward the end, Dad was too far gone and he didn't really know what was hapening around him. I joined Miami Sound Machine in 1975 and we were getting quite successful, but Dad didn't even know who I was. He had to be moved to the hospital. On my wedding day in 1978 [September 2] I went to visit him, still wearing my wedding dress. That was the last time that he said my name. Dad died in 1980, but he touches my life every day. On my last album [Unwrapped] I did a lot of writing while I was looking at a picture of him in his younger days -- so happy and in the prime of his life. I'm not sure if he sees me, but I can feel him all around me. I hope he knows that I am so very proud of him.”

Gloria Estefan

The [London] Sunday Times (November 17, 2006)
2007, 2008

Life , War , Hope , Feeling

“Well, I'm proud of it. I was declard persona non grata not by the country but by a terrorist regime. But I know that Cubans love me and my music.”

Gloria Estefan

answer to question "How does it feel to be declared persona non grata by your own country?" www.philpost.com (November 25, 2006)
2007, 2008

Love , Music , Country

“And we think the world would benefit from a much more feminine approach to the problems we are facing in the world today. Yes. The world needs to be nurtured and loved and rocked and caressed -- it needs some softness to balance out. And, I think, little by little we'll be able to give it that -- besides strength, because, you know, we have the babies for a reason. Yes, indeed.”

Gloria Estefan

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

Love , World , Problem , Thinking

“I received an award for 25 million in [album] sales the night before the bus accident”

Gloria Estefan

in 1990
Gayle King XM satellite radio program (October 23, 2006)
2007, 2008

Night

“[As of November 17, 2006] 'Noelle's Treasure Tale' has remained at No. 3 on the New York Times children's best seller list since its October 10 release.”

Gloria Estefan

Reuters (November 17, 2006)
2007, 2008

Children , Time

“[To beginning readers (ages 4 to 8) at a reading of "Noelle's Treasure Tale"]: 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.”

Gloria Estefan

comment to audience at book signing at Macy's in New York City (November 21, 2006
2007, 2008

Books , Age , Understanding , Parent

“I have a twenty-month-old baby [girl], [and] a sixteen-year-old boy— same maturity level.”

Gloria Estefan

The Evolution Tour: Live in Miami
2007, 2008

Girl , Boy , Baby

“We established [The Gloria Estefan Foundation] in 1993, because I was getting so many pitches from charities that I thought the best way to maximize our charity dollars was to establish a foundation, where you can do so many things. [The royalties from] four of my songs go directly to my foundation, and I don't have to bother people for money. I have been funding it myself all these years, from diffent concerts that I do that pay right to my foundation. It's what I love to do. It's something that makes me very happy... [The foundation has helped] from small things to large things. Every time there has been a natural disaster, we, thought the American Red Cross, have helped. Not just here, but in Nicaragua and Honduras. Obviously, Miami is very close to my heart.”

Gloria Estefan

cbs4.com (February 9, 2007)
2007, 2008

Love , Money , People , Way

“I can tell you I wrote every single word in this [her first children's] book -- in English and Spanish. I've been writing poetry and stories since I was a kid. And I am a songwriter. But you have limitations when you are a songwriter.... It was really a luxury to have 31 pages to expound upon.”

Gloria Estefan

The Chicago Tribune (October 16, 2005)
2007, 2008

Children , Books

“If I had to take eveything into consideration, [the truly essential song] would have to be "Conga." First, because I don't think I can get away with not performing that song in some shape or form. Second, because it started the possiblility of "Mi Tierra" [Estefan's top-selling Spanish album] happening. Not only did it talk about a specific rhythm of my homeland [Cuba], it talked about being Latino, and the celebratory nature of dance. It was very musically forward in that it mixed a funk bassline and a 2/4 beat on the drums and the Latin percussion. It was something that really put us on the map. And even though it's a frivolous and fun song, it talks about who we are as immigrants in this land.”

Gloria Estefan

Reuters (November 17, 2006)
2007, 2008

Music , Nature , Thinking , Dance

“[Luciano Pavorati's] brilliance in music will live in our hearts forever. His spirit as a humanitarian surpasses even that. It is truly the end of a musical era. I am honored to have had the opportunity to know him and perform with him”

Gloria Estefan

www.90millas.com (September 7, 2007)
2007, 2008

Music , Heart