Sometimes parents, when they have a lot of small children, it's hard because your time's got to get divvied up. There's no other way.

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.

If there's ever been a dark moment in my life... well, I wanted to check out. Music was a big escape.

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

We kiss and hug our kids a lot! And even now when our son lives 3,000 miles away, we talk every day, sometimes several times.

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.

As an entertainer, my job is to help people have fun.