Gloria & Emilio Estefan Talk Celia Cruz’s Inspiration, Being Honored with the Icon Award & More

We are here at billb ladin women and music with one of our top honores of the night our Legend award Gloria Stefan and her date em keeps trying to run away I'm telling him no you're here with me I'm going to hold him down how about you okay thank you babe but you're a big part of me like I need it personally and professionally now that you said uh professionally and personally we do we've been asking everyone who's that woman or you know women who have inspired your career you know your.

career and your personal life okay my personal life my grandma and my mom two amazing women my grandmother was ahead of her time super humble spiritual and a great business mind and my mom worked incredibly hard to make sure my do my sister and I had the life that she wanted us to have they were strong women and when I saw them do everything there was nothing that I thought that I couldn't do because I saw it by example my dad was Ill my grandfather was ill and they took over everything on a professional level absolutely selia Cruz.

I since I was a little baby I listened to a records that I had from my mom and then later when I got to meet her in life she was even more incredible than I ever thought she was humble warm loving and when she got on that stage she was ageless and she taught me a lot uh of things just just observing her and being her friend I still miss her but she's still with us because of her music I have to ask now that we have Emilia here with us what do you think makes Gloria Stefan a legend she's real but you see

what you get you know something I think add is when people comes through the way Gloria only her music being the in person with especially with her fans that's why she has such a loyal fans even this week I mean we have an album that's been released now I mean the and the fans and and real you know they went and bought the album It's number one and number two on the iTunes Latin American albums today it's really amazing those two old albums from 82 and ' 83 incredible I can tell I'm her biggest fan because I know her as a person I know her as a daughter as a you know as a mother as a wife and as a a real human being thank you guys for being here Fel Gloria enjoy your night.