Miami Sound Machine Quotes

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.
Gloria Estefan

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.
Gloria Estefan

I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.
Gloria Estefan

I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.
Gloria Estefan

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.
Gloria Estefan

I've got nine dogs, eight birds, turtles, fish and I had wallabies at one point.
Gloria Estefan

It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.
Gloria Estefan

Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.
Gloria Estefan

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.
Gloria Estefan

Music has been one of the most beautiful things in my life and will always be a very big part of who I am and what I do.
Gloria Estefan

My daughter is almost a young lady. She's going to be 10 years old in December and I want to be there day-in and day-out.
Gloria Estefan

My mom was a source of strength.She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all.
Gloria Estefan

My mom was definitely very strict with me.
Gloria Estefan

My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.
Gloria Estefan

Sex and drugs were simply not discussed in our culture at that time.
Gloria Estefan

She's an amazing dog and really inspired everything that's in this book.
Gloria Estefan

Sometimes my mother had difficulty communicating with me about certain topics.
Gloria Estefan

Stevie Wonder always smells so good... I'm like a DEA dog, I can smell people a block away!
Gloria Estefan

The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
Gloria Estefan

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.
Gloria Estefan

There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.
Gloria Estefan

To know that everything we say and do to this new little human being may have a profound effect on him or her is a daunting obligation.
Gloria Estefan

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

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
Gloria Estefan

You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.
Gloria Estefan