Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

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.

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

It's crucial with today's challenges that our children feel they have a source of information they can trust in their parents.

It's a universal story, it's an immigrant story, and it's a love story. In the United States, if you believe in yourself and you're determined and persevere, you're going to succeed.

Make sure everything you do you really like, because you have to sing it the rest of your life.

You never know what life has in store for you, but I believe there are certain things one is meant to go through