Gloria Estefan
(born 1 September 1957) Singer-songwriter; born
Gloria Maria Milagross Fajardo.
Sourced
- [Cuban coffee is] very powerful, very sweet, and a little dangerous— just like the people who drink it.
- Entertainment Weekly (30 July 1993)
- When I first came to Miami [in 1960], you'd see signs like "No Children, No Pets, No Cubans." We were a major threat. We lived in a very small apartment behind the Orange Bowl, where all the Cubans lived. All the men (including my father, Jose Manuel Fajardo) were political prisoners in Cuba, and it was purely women and their kids. There was one car the whole community bought for $50, and the one lady that could drive would take everybody to the supermarket and the Laundromat.
- Entertainment Weekly (30 July 1993)
- I'd lock myself up in my room with my guitar. I wouldn't cry. I was afraid if I let go just a little bit, it would all go. I would sing for hours by myself . . . . It was my way of crying.
- Entertainment Weekly (30 July 1993)
- You know, I don't know about this "Diva thing," O.K. This "Diva thing," is getting a little out of hand, I think. I mean if anything, I'm a divette.
- I have a twenty-month-old baby [girl], [and] a sixteen-year-old boy— same maturity level.
- The Evolution Tour: Live in Miami
- No fighting, Glorias! Gloria Estefan [the real one] to two female impersonators [Gloria #1 and Gloria #2]
- The Evolution Tour: Live in Miami
- Those of you who speak only English, applaud [audience applause]. Those of you who speak only Spanish, applaud [audience applause]. [In mock incredulity] Then how do you know what I just said?
- "trick" question at innumerable concerts— always with the same result
- Excuse me, you have binoculars in the second row . . . and there're zoom . . . What exactly were you looking at there? . . . Very cute . . . Well, get your money's worth, honey.
- The Evolution Tour: Live in Miami