Gloria Estefan

There's no reason that just because you're a celebrity you can't write. ”

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. ”

I'd love to have a program like 'Dr. Laura.' I studied psychology at the University of Miami, and when I rode the bus home from school, perfect strangers would strike up conversations with me and end up telling me their life stories. I think they could sense that I was studying to help people. That, or I have a face like a priest. ”

You want your fans to like what you do, because it's coming from your heart and soul. You write it, you produce this thing. It's like your baby. ”

My job as an entertainer is to take you some place else. I love exploring different genres of music to please my fans. ”

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! ”

People tend to forget that celebrities are human beings. We live our lives. We try to do what we love, which is music. And to share it with everyone in our job usually is to entertain and to make people forget their troubles. ”

When you're a front man for a band, there's nowhere to hide. It took me a long time to get used to that. But music is my first love. I started singing when I talked. ”

My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder. ”

I love Gershwin. I love musicals. ”