How could I have been a wife, a mother and a singer? Who takes care of the piccolini when you go around the world? Your children would not call you 'Mama,' but 'Renata.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I became the kind of parent my mother was to me.
My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally.
I'm a mom first, a singer second.
There are lots of different ways for women to be a mom in this culture.
My mother was a domestic goddess and Mother Earth figure. She was sweet and placid - just what the perfect wife was supposed to be and I was determined not to be.
I'm a mom. I'm a wife. I'm an actress. I'm an executive producer. I'm an author. I'm an entrepreneur, and I'm a sister and a best friend.
I travel like a gypsy, and I didn't know how I could perform and be a mother.
I know that is what I was put on Earth to do - to be a mother.
My wife, she is so good. She was a famous singer - had a show in Carnegie Hall, did a big city tour for RCA. Then she made the mistake of marrying me. The next year, another tour, but the third year, she had Mario and said, 'Either I'm a mother or a singer.'
I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.