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-"I belong to the people and I don't want to build a fence between myself and my fans."

-"After a while things started clicking, I think it was more of a power struggle because we usually don't have to fight for what we do."

-"And it's because of our songwriting. You know it's hard to write songs. You can't just write it down."

-"It's like a gradual growing process, it's not like it came over night and I'm like I can't handle it."

-"The only way for us to put bread on the table was to try to do music professianally and make a living out of it."

-"We started playing gigs that we could get, if we could 100 dollars for playing 4 hours. We would be like, Oh god, this is cool (laughing) Now it's like "Uh" (laughing), But I mean, you gotta take what you can get, when you're getting started. We got laughed at, my father was was told we would never make it

-"Although my spanish is a little week. I feel that I am mexican. I am very proud of my roots. And since I was little we played Tejano music besides English music and country. It was something natural for us"

-(talking about a concert she was doing that night) "I'm nervous, I usually don't get nervous for shows, but I'm nervous tonight, see I'm too honest (laughing) I'm too honest for my own good" (laughing)

-(during the 1995 awards)"We got up and we screamed, it was at the pretailacost part of the awards and it was like maybe 10 of us sitting in a one row towards the back because we showed up late, like always, I'm always late for everything, and they announced me as the winner and I was like "Oh my god" and we stood up and we screamed and I was wearing this crystal beaded gown and I remember going down this, ya know how it kinda slants, and thinking, gee Selena, if you fall. (laughing) You're going to be soo embarrassed, don't fall, cause it had this fishtail in the back of it and I was trying to be all cool walking up there. It was great and looking back now, it's all an experience I will never forget"

On Growing Up:

"I lost a lot out of my teenagehood but I gained a lot too. I can't really say that I lost because I got ahead of everyone as far as career and being more mature about business, even though I didn't know what the heck was going on."

"I miss going to school and having friends; that's normal for anyone my age. I had a very boring childhood because I never had the opportunity to associate with anybody my own age due to my career. I miss being around kids my own age."

"I loved Lake Jackson because of the green grass, the trees. I remember eating at the Sonic and Dairy Bar. I remember how it would flood where I lived, and my friends and I would play in the water. I was a little tomboy when I was growing up. I used to like to play football with the guys and you know, normal things like hide-and-seek, and get ahold of my brother's bike and try to teach myself how to ride it."

"We used to get my mom's sheets, you know, the fitted sheets, and we used to go outside and hide from the cars on the front lawn. We would make bubbles and hide under there. And if we got seen we had to go stand on the corner and make these ugly faces."

"We had these monkey bars in the back of my house and we used to get my mother's sheets and tie them to the bars and make little cocoons and just hang in there all day."

Her Advice To Kids of America:

"Be at your best at all times."

"With a positive attitude, you can be anything you want to be."

"Be strong minded and always think that the impossible is possible."

"You get a lot farther in life without drugs."

On Her Grammy Experiences:

"We got up and we screamed. It was the pre-telecast part of the awards and there was maybe like 10 of us sitting in one row towards the back of the place, showed up kinda late. Like always, I'm always late for everything and they announced uh me as the winner and I was like oh my God and we all stood and we screamed and I was wearing this like crystal beaded gown and I remember going down, cause it's kind of on a slant, and thinking gee Selena if you fall..you are gonna be so embarrased don't fall cause it had like this fishtail in the back of it and I was trying to be all cool walking up there, but it was great and thinking back now...it's just an experience I will never forget."

"So you can imagine how I felt when they called out my name. I cried in the back. It was just a great feeling."

"I bought one of the cheapy cameras cause I wanted to get pictures of all the stars and they wouldn't let me take it in but this year I saw people with cameras. I was mad."

"I really wanted to meet Andy Garcia."

On Tejano Music:

"When dad first introduced us to it we were like, no you can't make us play it. There were times we would come in to practice and we would start crying, 'We don't wanna learn this music.' But we learned it and now that's all we listen to on the radio and we like to play it."

"Tejano music is a combination or should I say fusion of a lot of different types of music all rolled into one package. It's Country Music it's jazz, it has roots of German polka, it also has Mexican music in it."

"Although my spanish is a little weak I feel that I am Mexican. I'm very proud of my roots and ever since I was little we played english music and country music a side from Tejano. It was something very natural for us."

"Tejano music is a very relaxing style and it reminds me of home."

On Her Success: "

Thank goodness we stuck to it because we have come a long way, you know. Really and truly, I can't imagine myself having an everyday job and going into an office. I love business. I have my own business aside from singing, but I can't picture myself going to the same place everyday. I don't know, it would be kind of a drag to me, I guess I have gotten so used to traveling now. When I have the chance to relax, I'm real hyper and ready to go."

"The reason I'm so appreciative of everything that's goin on around me is cause I never expected it. Never dreamed...never in my wildest dreams thought I would come this far and I plan to keep that attitude."

"We never thought we would ever come this far but...we're here."

"A lot of people say..ya know that it's hard to work with family and whats good about our family is that we've all had the same goal and we all have the same respect for my father...so when we get into a discussion there's dad like good old times with a belt. "I think alot of the musical talent came on my fathers part cause he used to be a musician many years ago when he had his own band named Los Dinos."

"Whats cool about our family is that we dont hold grudges and I think that's sort of been the key to the success. Ya know we have our disagreements but whether we're right or wrong we'll just go and appologize. Thats just the way we are."

"The family that plays together stays together."

"I'm spoiled in the sense that now I get what I want but it's because I work for it."

On Performing:

"Well, when I'm singing I'm a completely different person. I could be very free, depending on the situation I could do what I want. I would have to deliver, like with many songs, a lot of emotion if a song is very sad, as with a very happy and excited song. It depends, it depends. Compared to when I'm my normal self, like whomever, of the public."

"The life of an artist isn't all glamorous. It's a lot of work. A lot of people think it's very easy. They think you always stay in good hotels, you buy good things, but it's not like that. You have to work hard like everybody else."

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Dreaming of You (her #1 famous song), I Could Fall In Love, Como la Flor, Bidi Bidi Bom Bom, Amor Prohibido, and No Me Queda Mas

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Selena Quintanilla's last words were

"HelpMe! HelpMe!" and she told the people who her murderer was (Yolanda)

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She was a singer and she sang Spanish and English and she was shot by her fan club president because the president was stealing money.

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