[cuban Coffee Is] Very Powerful, Very Sweet,

It Is So Important For Me To Keep Authentic Cuban Sounds Alive. All Of These Great Artists Have Changed The Landscape Of Latin Music And It's An Honor To Have Them On This Album ["90 Millas," Released In September Of 2007]. I Believe This Album Will Expose A New Generation To The Richness Of Cuban Music.

We Seal Our Fate With The Choices We Make.

She [then Nine-year-old Daughter Emily] Grew Up With 'the Rhythm Is Gonna Get You,' Well . . . It Got Her!

Well First Of All, I'm A Singer. I Sing Since I Talk. So The Great Ballad Singers, The People That Sang With So Much Feeling, Jazz, Blues, All Those Singers, They Were Songs That I Listened To, Records That My Mom Played For Me, And Then Later I Bought.

I Wanted To Talk To Very Young Kids About Self-image And About Being Different And How That Can Be Your Strength, Especially From The Immigrant Perspective.