We must feel the pain before the pleasure, only then can we tell them apart.

My daughter is almost a young lady. She's going to be 10 years old in December and I want to be there day-in and day-out.

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

I'm very comfortable in my own skin now. I started just being myself more and more. For women, this happens as you get older. I loved my 40s - I thought they were fantastic. And I'm loving my 50s. I'm going to love everything because you're either older or dead!

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.

My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.

I wouldn't recommend working with your partner for everyone, because it's tough. There's got to be a really keen balance. You've got to know when to stop being the manager and become the husband. I can't go home and complain to my husband about my manager.