Gloria Estefan Mom Quotations

My mom was definitely very strict with me.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.

My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini; I used to watch 'The Andy Williams Show' on TV. I was very musical, so I was watching stuff that most kids my age wouldn't be interested in.

I have great genes. Thank you to my mom and dad for that one.

Well first of all, I'm a singer. I sing since I talk. So the great ballad singers, the people that sang with so much feeling, jazz, blues, all those singers, they were songs that I listened to, records that my mom played for me, and then later I bought.

I think we should all live the moment. But you also have to think ahead. You have to think, 'Am I going to be happy with this five, ten years from now? Is it going to let me evolve and grow, or am I going to grow to one day wish I had never done it?' Sometimes you just have to think a little bit ahead.

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.

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.