"I like to cook Puerto Rican food. That's what I grew up on: rice, beans, meat, some Italian-American..." — Jennifer Lopez

But the idea of taking things and mixing them together is what I do in my music. I take hip-hop, R&B, pop, dance, funk and soul and mix it all together to get my own sound.

You can't take life for granted.

People assume I'm out there having this great life, but money doesn't erase the pain. When you're young you barrel through life, making choices without thinking of repercussions. A few years down the line, you wake up in a certain place and wonder how the hell you got there.

I don't get anything for free. I pay for all my beauty treatments.