There's some people that are 24 hours with the baby and it doesn't make a difference. They could be anywhere.

Being Latin parents makes us extremely expressive with our affections.

I wrote poetry, which got me into lyrics. Stevie Wonder, Carole King, Elton John pulled me into pop. I started singing with a band - just for fun - when I was 17. And pretty soon, I was thinking I could sing pop in English as well as Spanish.

Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?

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

My mum had a very strong moral code, which I kind of came with. I never really had to be told what was right or wrong - I knew. I was very mature from early on and I was a very good girl, so she never had any trouble with me.

My guitar and singing was my way of crying.