Gloria Estefan

The '70s were a hot time. You know? I was, like, the most calm of all my friends. ”

The reason I'm not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape. ”

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. ”

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

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