Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefanis a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She started off her career as the leading vocalist in the group called "Miami Latin Boys" which was eventually known as Miami Sound Machine. Her breakthrough success with "Conga" in 1985 made her known worldwide. It won the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in Japan. This is her signature song. In the summer of 1988 she and the band got their first number-one hit for the song...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth1 September 1957
CityHavana, Cuba
CountryUnited States of America
Family has always been the number one priority no matter what happens anywhere else.
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.
You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.
Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.
My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
The responsibility of carrying and bringing a new life into this world is one that cannot be taken lightly.
The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.
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.
As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.
A lot of the way I sing is playing off other musicians. It's what I love to do the most.
My mother had a beautiful, soothing voice that made me melt.
It's not so much for me where you come from, who you are, what race you are. We're just human beings that are still a work in progress and there's a lot that we've got to overcome, so that we can all be equal.
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.
We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.