The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.
Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.
I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.
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.
There are so many difficult things we're living through in the world today, so many horrible events, but we cannot let them stop us. No matter what happens, I feel you must move forward with optimism and not get totally sideswiped.
There are so many beautiful things that are a part of the world, and I've always looked at life that way; I've always tried to put on a smile and a brave front, not just for my kids but in my own life and all the difficulties that I've gone through.
You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.
You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come.
Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.
Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.
We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.
As an immigrant, I appreciate, far more than the average American, the liberties we have in this country. Silence is a big enemy of morality. I don't want our blunders in history to get repeated.
The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
All I tell artists is, 'Do what you love. Never let anybody talk you into changing what your musical idea is just to try to get a hit, because you're chasing your tail that way. It's not going to happen, and if you're successful, you have to do it the rest of your life. Stay true to it and do it for the sake of the art.'
I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!
The Internet has been a blessing and a curse. The curse we know: A lot of people appropriating your intellectual property without paying for it. But I think it's important to realize the blessing of the Internet, which is that everybody has a voice and you can break through, even without a record company.
I hold 'Mi Tierra,' my first Spanish-language album, very close to me because that was all done in my native tongue and won me my first Grammy.
I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.
Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?
