People look at you and see that you've made it, but sometimes they forget that it took you years of being a human being.

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

For me, the American promise isn't just an idea or a theory - it's my life story.

I have gotten into a lot of trouble in my life for being brutally honest. Sometimes I put both my feet in my mouth. But like Elton John, I'm still standing.

America was the place that said, 'It doesn't matter where you come from, it doesn't matter what your last name is, it doesn't matter if you drink cortaditos, or lattes, or coffee with milk. Here, if you work hard, anything is possible.

If you stay on the air for 18 years, people know you.

You need to put easy, nice, tranquil thoughts in your head before you go to bed. You know what I do? I read metaphysical books. The good stuff stays in your brain once you go under.