Gloria Estefan on Knowledge

"Those of you who speak only English, applaud . Those of you who speak only Spanish, applaud . Then how do you know what I just said?"

"He makes me laugh like crazy. We're still kids inside. We're mature and responsible when it comes to business, but we know how to have fun."

"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."

"We want the disaster victims to know we have not forgotten them. I'm here with help."

"More than anything I want to be able to go back to Cuba, to have a house to visit there, to know my roots. I lost my father as a little girl, and I want to be able to find him again in my heritage."

"My grandmother would shanghai pilots at the Havana airport so they'd bring me cartons of mango baby food -- the only kind I'd eat. I learned to eat peach later. And in every carton, she'd slip in a Cuban record."

"I wrote these two songs as a celebration of hope. And, I want to send it out to all of those people who are suffering through this terrible disaster , and please know that you are not alone -- and you will not be."

"one of . I know the list is huge. And it would be hard to pull off -- I'd have a lump as big as a tostone in my throat. But oh my God, what a dream -- it would be the height of my personal and professional career."

"I never stop learning."

"I'm a writer. I've written most of the music we've performed. Most people don't know that because no one cares who writes the music. But, that's who I am. I've written poetry since I was a little girl. Music was an evolution of that."

"What we didn't want to do was "Mi Tierra, Part 2," because that album was so special. Yes, we wanted to do a Cuban album, but didn't know exactly in what vein. And, as it grew, it grew into a more modern thing. It was if we had continued to bring this music along with the years."

"Having experience paralysis firsthand -- sixteen years ago -- I feel especially fortunate to have had a positive outcome despite a very negative prognosis. I vowed that I would do whatever was in my power to assist those already on their way to finding a cure. I urge anyone in a position to help to join us in taking on this challenge, knowing that we are closer than ever to a cure and to helping those that live in wheelchairs to "get on their feet."

"We went back once, in 1979, when President Jimmy Carter gave the opportunity for people with family members to go. We went to help get Emilio's only brother and his two kids out. We got them a visa through Costa Rica, but when Emilio's brother announced that he was leaving, starting taking repressive measures against him, so he went into hiding for two months until they were able to leave. While we were there, Emilio and I bought them things they didn't even know existed, like apples and olives, from the diplotiendas . To this day, Lili has an olive fetish."