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

My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to be Shirley Temple's double - she was the diva of the family. At 8, I learned how to play guitar. I used to play songs from the '20s, '30s and '40s in the kitchen for my grandmother.

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

Gloria Estefan Quotes