I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.
- La India
Singing, Jazz, Commercial, Rock-And-Roll
My style of singing is very much Latin jazz meets Latin and a little bit of rhythm and blues. When I do ballads, my fans love it. They want to listen to my classics. They want to party.
- La India
Love, Very, Meets, Latin
I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
- La India
Career, Began, Madonna, Base
From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gain can make you sad. Losing weight has changed my life. If you can take control of your life, you can lose weight.
- La India
My Life, Through, Had, Changed
In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.
- La India
People, My Life, Am, Feelings
At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.
- La India
Love, Jazz, Dave, Valentine
I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.
- La India
Love, Friendship, Albums, Presence
There's so many other things I want to do. I don't want to do them to be different or just for a challenge, but because my heart and soul tell me to.
- La India
Soul, Want, Other, Heart And Soul
Originally, I thought English was more my home. But Spanish is so much more romantic. I've had to learn new phrases. I've had to learn to be more secure about singing in Spanish. But I'm working on it.
- La India
Thought, New, Spanish, Phrases
I don't do anything just 'cause nothing else is happening, or for money.
- La India
Money, Nothing, Else, Happening
Watching Madonna puffing on a cigar on David Letterman's show, I thought, 'Gosh, she's feeling so India! All she needs is long, black hair and a trip to the Caribbean to burn her skin up.'
- La India
Thought, Skin, Show, Letterman
Women in salsa - women everywhere - we always gotta be defending ourselves.
- La India
Always, Defending, Gotta, Everywhere
Many women, sometime in their life, are going to get to a point where they have to admit infidelity.
- La India
Admit, Going, Sometime, Infidelity
I won't sing if I don't feel it, so there's always so much sadness and so much sentiment behind it all.
- La India
Behind, Always, Sentiment, Sing
I fight manic-depression, and I have been able to live battling that sadness that I get sometimes.
- La India
Been, Get, Able, Battling
I used to be so embarrassed by salsa; I wasn't into it.
- La India
Used, Embarrassed
Women see me as a figure they can respect. They know I've been through a lot. I'm not going to let no man put me under.
- La India
Through, Going, Been, Figure
I try to stay real with my thoughts and the things that I go through in life. I like being free.
- La India
Go, Through, Like, Thoughts
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