My mom was an amazing singer and music was a big part of my life, so I grew up listening to Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini; I used to watch 'The Andy Williams Show' on TV. I was very musical, so I was watching stuff that most kids my age wouldn't be interested in.

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.

Stevie Wonder always smells so good... I'm like a DEA dog, I can smell people a block away!

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.

Performing is one of the best feelings I know!

One of the most beautiful things we can give our child is music education.

Whatever it is your heart desires, please go for it, it's yours to have.