A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

For the rest of my life, the one song that people will remember -- regardless -- is "Conga" . . . I never get tired of singing it. It never gets old for me.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.

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

You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.

Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.

I make the best pancakes you'll ever have! And I claim that title gladly. On Saturdays I make them for everybody.

The most beautiful thing about music is that it transcends most anything.

We seal our fate with the choices we make.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

Be strong within ones self, but never forget where ones true strength comes from.

Having priorities is essential. So is having them in the right order.

Isn't the first story told in the West about the Fall? Adam and Eve were immigrants too from somewhere, a lost Eden, a paradise lost. We all now are so mobile, so nomadic .

We expect them [Salvadoran officials] to work toward the elimination of human rights.

Redefine you. Oh God, life is so beautiful. Don't let it pass you by. Don't miss it. Don't miss it.

So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently.

I'm pretty confident and, at the same time, I'm pretty insecure. I'm like a walking conflict.

Everything in life is not all beautiful, not all fun. There is lots of killing and drugs.

Setting my mind on a musical instrument was like falling in love. All the world seemed bright and changed.

If God had not made brown honey, men would think figs much sweeter than they do.