I hold 'Mi Tierra,' my first Spanish-language album, very close to me because that was all done in my native tongue and won me my first Grammy.

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

Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding.

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

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.

Music is almost mystical to me. It really has an incredibly powerful force.

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.