Selena Quintanilla is considered important because she made Tejano music and dance popular worldwide, changing this primarily male genre. She had no children when she was murdered at the age of 23, which is unfortunate. Selena Quintanilla Quotes, regardless of the fact that her life was cut short, convey her advice on love and living.

Selena Quintanilla is best known as the “Queen of Tejano music.” Even though only lived to the age of 23, she was still one of the most popular Latin singers. Her murder by her ex-fan club president made headlines around the world and shocked many people to their core. The quotes below, which cover everything from the value of being yourself to having successful relationships, show that she seemed to be wise beyond her years even though she was incredibly young when she was killed.

Even today, Selena Quintanilla quotes continue to inspire, making the Texan singer the ideal role model for most people.May You Also Like To Read100+ Most Popular Ariana Grande Quotes To Inspire You

Selena Quintanilla’s Most Famous Quote

I’m very real, very sincere, and honest, and that’s how I’ll always be. – Selena Quintanilla

If you have a dream, don’t let anybody take it away. – Selena Quintanilla

I feel very proud to be Mexican. – Selena Quintanilla

I eat anything, and I’m not preoccupied with my figure. The most important is that the people accept me for my music, not for physical appearances. – Selena Quintanilla

I don’t feel pressure because I’m not trying to portray something that I’m not. – Selena Quintanilla

What I don’t like are arrogant people. We’re all equal. I don’t like it when a person assumes to be better. – Selena Quintanilla

Well, when I am singing I am a completely different person. I could be very free, depending on the situation I could do what I want. I could have to deliver, as with many songs, a lot of emotion if a song is very sad as with a very happy and exciting song. It depends, it depends. Compared to when I am in my, I am normal, like whomever, of the public. – Selena Quintanilla

Each person has their unique talent and I think to be in a group is an honor for me because there aren’t many of us [female lead singers]. It’s very difficult at first because life on the road isn’t glamorous but if it’s a lot of hard work to reach your goal, the rest is easy. – Selena Quintanilla

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Be at your best at all times. – Selena Quintanilla

I think I’m a very kindhearted person, I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings. If I do, it’s not intentional and I feel a lot of people nowadays have lost that. – Selena Quintanilla

The reason I’m appreciative of everything that’s going on around me is that I never expected it, and I want to keep that attitude. – Selena Quintanilla

I have nothing bad to say about my job. I love the public, I love to talk, get to know people, everything. – Selena Quintanilla

You wish for things to happen when you’re not doing as well and when it comes around, it’s like you wanna slow down. But you have to stop and think [about] where you came from, you appreciate it even more. It’s better to be working than not working at all. – Selena Quintanilla

They buy the records, they buy everything. And you have to be grateful to the public in that way to give autographs if they want an autograph, you give them an autograph! It’s not going to take very much of your time, I do it! – Selena Quintanilla

I admire Gloria Estefan because she opened the doors for Latinos, completely. Not just for the female artists, but the males as well. It’s the reason Jon Secada is having so much success. Before Gloria, it, was very difficult for Hispanics to enter the English market. She is an internationally known artist. I admire her very much. – Selena Quintanilla

I’m spoiled in the sense that now I get what I want but it’s because I work for it. – Selena Quintanilla

Selena Quintanilla Quotes On Success

When you get hard work, you get success. – Selena Quintanilla

Always believe that the impossible is always possible. – Selena Quintanilla

Anybody can be a role model. – Selena Quintanilla

With a positive attitude, you can be anything you want to be. – Selena Quintanilla

We never thought we’d get this far, but we’re here. – Selena Quintanilla

All this is a dream to me. Everything, the applause, the fans asking for autographs, the trips, all that is a dream. – Selena Quintanilla

I’m always planning for my future. The public can support an artist or let them fall. Aside from music, I love designing. I have to put money into something I like. That is why I have been thinking of boutiques. – Selena Quintanilla

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You get a lot farther in life without drugs. – Selena Quintanilla

One thing is that if I ever have children later on, for sure I want my children to know Spanish. It only makes you a better person or even a smarter person to know two languages. If that barrier is not there you can cross both lines, talk to English [speaking] and Spanish [speaking] people, and it gets you a lot farther in business and personal communication. – Selena Quintanilla

Anywhere in the world you go, you find racism and discrimination. Not just in the United States, or in Texas. It’s very sad for me, but that’s the way it is. I can’t change the world by myself. I, being Hispanic, have also faced discrimination. But … the world keeps turning. Life is full of surprises. That’s all I will say. – Selena Quintanilla

I think love is blind. You don’t see it, you don’t hear what people are saying, or what you’re saying. You don’t see what you’re doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That’s it. – Selena Quintanilla

I’m very real, very sincere, and honest, and that’s how I’ll always be. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

I give thanks to God for having in Chris [her husband] a companion, a true friend, and a good heart. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

Love Quotes Selena Quintanilla

Let us always meet each other with a smile, for a smile is the beginning of love.

Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the bible says to love your enemy.

True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen.

The family that plays together stays together. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

I give thanks to God for having in Chris [her husband] a companion, a true friend, and a good heart. – Selena Quintanilla

We went through a hard time, and we had to turn to music as a means of putting food on the table. And we’ve been doing it ever since. No regrets either. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

We were friends. I never thought I’d wanna marry a musician. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

The family that plays together stays together. – Selena Quintanilla (see more quotes about family)

A lot of people may think it’s difficult to work with family, but it’s not. – Selena Quintanilla

I also don’t like lies. I’m very honest. I’m always going, to tell the truth. I don’t lie.

Funny  Selena Quintanilla Quotes

With a positive attitude, you can be anything you want to be. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

It’s real to kind of have people come to me and get excited, you know, I don’t see myself that way. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

I think love is blind. You don’t see it, you don’t hear what people are saying, or what you’re saying. You don’t see what you’re doing. All you see is the person in front of you. That’s it. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

Always believe that the impossible is always possible. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

I feel very proud to be Mexican. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

I bet they’re gonna wonder how I learned English so fast. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

You shouldn’t care for somebody just because of the materialistic things that they have, and I’m a firm believer in that. ~ Selena Quintanilla.

Since I was small, when I was in school, I was a business girl. I would buy things to sell, gums for three cents, things like that. – Selena Quintanilla

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