The Internet has been a blessing and a curse. The curse we know: A lot of people appropriating your intellectual property without paying for it. But I think it's important to realize the blessing of the Internet, which is that everybody has a voice and you can break through, even without a record company.

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

I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.

I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time.

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.

Love you all the time, 'cause when I close my eyes, I still can see your smile, it's bright enough to light my life

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.