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

I think the business of music has really taken a huge hit. There's no doubt about it. But an artist is always going to produce their art, their music. They're going to paint, they're going to write.

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.

It's very tough for a woman in the music business, and he really was such a motivator from the beginning, when I was super-shy, and he saw a lot in me on a personal level that he knew could carry through on the stage.

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

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

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.