I Have Had A Life

The Music Is One Of The Beautiful Things That Has Survived The Castro Regime. I Have Played For Audiences All Over The World But I've Never Played For A Cuban Audience. For [husband] Emilio And Me, The Music Is The One Tie To Our Homeland.

We Seal Our Fate With The Choices We Make.

I Hold 'mi Tierra,' My First Spanish-language Album, Very Close To Me Because That Was All Done In My Native Tongue And Won Me My First Grammy.

There Are So Many Difficult Things We're Living Through In The World Today, So Many Horrible Events, But We Cannot Let Them Stop Us. No Matter What Happens, I Feel You Must Move Forward With Optimism And Not Get Totally Sideswiped.

She [then Nine-year-old Daughter Emily] Grew Up With 'the Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,' Well . . . It Got Her!