My father rarely spoke of life before [he left Cuba]. About prison, he just said, That man is a genius at PR. Castro would come to the jail in the middle of the night and ask the prisoners, What are you doing here? Don't you see we're trying to do the right thing? The reason I'm not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam -- and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.
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Gloria Estefan was a contemporary American american singer and songwriter. Gloria María Milagrosa Estefan is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. Estefan is a four-time Grammy Award winner and a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, and has been named one of the Top 100 greatest artists of all time by both VH1 and Billboard. Read more on Wikipedia →