Jenni Rivera
I had no choice but to work hard. I was a straight-A student, went to college, and I loved business. I never thought I was going to be a singer myself.Collection: Business
Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do.Collection: Best
Thank you for accepting me as I am, with my virtues and defects.
When I started getting so many haters and closed doors, I decided to prove that it could be done. I was a divorced single mother of three at the time and a size 12 - not your typical model artist that labels feel work for the music industry.
No one else has ever opened doors for me. I opened them myself.
The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up.
I'm happy for the success that I've had, but I've worked so hard at it.
I realized going back and writing and explaining in details the difficulties I had lived actually became emotional again. It's like therapy but sometimes therapy can be painful. But it's part of life and part of the autobiography so I'll have to finish it sooner or later.
Mexican music runs through my veins. I loved it. Growing up, my father didn't allow us to listen to English music at home. That's all I heard. I had no choice.
I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women.
I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you.
You work hard and you have expectations. So I'm living my expectations right now.
I am the same as the public as my fans.
If I had the opportunity to speak to a young immigrant girl that just arrived to the U.S. the advice I would have for her would be: ask, speak, search; because there are opportunities out there. And, know that you aren't the only immigrant or the last to come to this country. Many that have come before you have succeeded. It is possible.
It doesn't bother me at all that some people think I am too outspoken.
Being a mother by far is my favorite and most important career.
My inspiration is always what I think my fans want to listen to. I often write about social problems. If I'm not going through it or I haven't gone through it, I want to make sure it touches someone. That's what I base my music on.
I made a living out of singing Mexican music.
Being a recording artist, selling music, selling concerts out, having a reality show, starting film; it's great, it's beautiful.
I've been recording since 1993. It was a hobby for six of those years. In 1999, I decided to do it full time and take it seriously.
I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman... it amazes me still.
Usually, when a young girl is pregnant, she drops out of school and concentrates on being a mother. I thought that's what I had to do, but my counselors told me there was no way they would let me drop out. I had too much promise.
I had no choice but to work hard. I was a straight-A student, went to college, and I loved business. I never thought I was going to be a singer myself. It came accidentally.
I'm really in touch with my fans. Through their emails, letters and stories is how I decide what music I'm going to perform.
'Malandrinas' means 'bad girls,' but not bad in a negative way. I wrote it in homage to my female fans.
I want to be the Mexican-American Oprah Winfrey. That's a small goal, isn't it? That's something that I want. And of course not just to host, I want to OWN it! So, that's in my future.
No one else has ever opened doors for me - I opened them myself.Collection: Doors
When somebody elses happiness makes you happy, it means you are a person with a big heart.Collection: Heart
The key to success in life is getting up early.Collection: Keys
Whenever I took a step forward, it seemed as though life was pushing me five steps back.Collection: Pushing
My mother never let on that anything was wrong. She kept her chin up and acted as if everything were just fine. So we did too.Collection: Mother
Usually, when a young girl is pregnant, she drops out of school and concentrates on being a mother. I thought thats what I had to do, but my counselors told me there was no way they would let me drop out. I had too much promise.Collection: Girl
My ass is big because a lot of people have to kiss it.Collection: Kissing
Malandrinas' means 'bad girls,' but not bad in a negative way. I wrote it in homage to my female fans.Collection: Girl
I'm just being myself. To me, that people are interested in Jenni, not necessarily the artist, but the woman it amazes me still.Collection: Artist