Jennifer Lopez has no plans to step out of the limelight when she hits retirement age – insisting she’ll still be singing and dancing in her seventies.

The Jenny From The Block hitmaker has taken two years out of her hectic work schedule to take care of her twins, Max and Emme, with husband Marc Anthony.

But the star is ready to get back to work – and the 40 year old insists she’ll be in showbusiness for the next 30 years.

She tells Elle, “I’ll be doing some form of this when I’m 71. This is what I do. What, because I have kids and a husband I’m not supposed to be me? I’m hyper J.Lo. Everything I wanted before, I want twice as much now. Not material things – but to explore and think more. Being an artist doesn’t start because you’re 21 and it doesn’t end because you’re 51. You are who you are until the day you die.”

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“Buenos Noches, Welcome to the White House,” the president said Tuesday night as the South Lawn was transformed into “Fiesta Latina” – a night to celebrate Latin Music.

The president said that Latin music should not only be noted for the “spirit of diversity,” but also by the ability it has to make you want to just dance.

“Even though it’s constantly evolving and changing, Latin music speaks to us in a language we can all understand — about hope and joy, sorrow and pain, friendship and love. It moves us, and it tends to make us move a little bit ourselves.”

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What do you think of her dress? First thing that comes to mind? Princess Leia.

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Jennifer Lopez may look the same as she always has, but the star says she’s been transformed since becoming a mother to her twins, 18-month-old Max and Emme.

“There’s nothing as huge as giving birth to another human being and having to be responsible for another life,” Lopez tells InStyle, for its September, 15th-Anniversary issue. “There’s you before kids, and there’s you after kids – and they’re not the same you.”

The singer-actress, who celebrated turning 40 with a blowout bash in July, says her outlook on all aspects of life – from her music to relationships and business ventures – has shifted gears.

“[Parenthood] totally changes your perspective on everything,” says Lopez. “You don’t come first anymore. There’s somebody else you care more about than yourself.”

For the active entrepreneur, that means cutting down on work and stepping down from the “hamster wheel,” a previous lifestyle that was all about deadlines – a whirl in which she “felt like I couldn’t say no.”

“I’m at a point in my life when I just don’t feel the need to put out anything unless I totally, absolutely feel it says what I want to say,” Lopez says about her music career. She has, however, received inspiration from her twins – especially Max, whose first few steps inspired the proud mom to write a song.

Marital Ups and Downs
When it comes to marriage, Lopez, who’s been wed to Marc Anthony for five years, admits she’s “still figuring it out as I go along,” and she’s had her share of “hard experiences and a lot of ups and downs and a lot of mistakes.”

One way she’s figuring it all out is by reading books about relationships. “It’s the never-ending question – what is the key to love?”

As for what she’s gleaned, “I believe that in life you learn through experience,” she says. “I’m old enough to know now that relationships take work. That it’s not an easy thing.”

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Jennifer Lopez and her husband Marc Anthony spend time with their daughter Emme and son Max (b. February 22, 2008) at the Hotel Mezzatorre in Lacco Ameno. Then they leave the twins with a nanny while they cruise to Capri on a yacht for the afternoon.

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Loving her dress!

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