I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

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.

The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was how I was able to apply everything I learned in the library to certain situations in my life. . . The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

I voted, always vote. It's very important to me. My kids, I take them with me since they were little, so they realize it's a responsibility.

A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.

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.