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All Quotes by author - Luis Fonsi

" As an artist, you keep learning. You draw out different parts of you. "

" As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song. "

" At no time was I trying to write a crossover record. "

" Cancer is tough. Even saying it, it's a tough word to say. "

" 'Despacito' started with a melody hook that I had with my guitar only. The beat for this track came after I wrote the lyrics, which I wrote as if I was writing a ballad. "

" 'Despacito' was a song that, from the time I started writing it, I felt that its hook was really catchy and powerful but at the same time very simple. "

" Each album always has its own sound. "

" Everybody has their cliques, and I was very shy. I'm still very shy. Music opened up doors. I would get to my choir class, and I was sort of one of the better kids... I could read music. That's when I realized how good El Coro de San Juan was. I felt, for once, like, hey, I can fit in. "

" Everybody lives their lives differently. They have a different perspective. They've been through different things in love. They've cried about different things. "

Different Perspective

" I am 100% proud Puerto Rican but have lived two-thirds of my life in the United States. So, there will be some things I write in English, but my main way of conversing with my audience is in Spanish because, at the end of the day, I'm a Latino. "

" I am very optimistic, and I always think positive, but within reason and never getting too far ahead of the game. "

" I block out a good amount of time - could be 6 or 8 months - and I just write. I do a lot of traveling, and I do a lot of co-writing with different writers just to start getting ideas out and kind of get a little bit of direction as far as where I'm going to go with the album. "

" I definitely try to be myself and not try to imitate other performers. That's why I got my music degree. I wanted to be prepared and not be a 'product.' I want people to know that I'm not only a singer but a musician as well. I studied guitar, piano, and composition. I believe that it's just about being myself on and off stage. "

" I don't know what happens at radio as far as what is that X factor that makes a song click and have people get connected to it when it's in another language. "

" I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn. "

" I love and respect theatre, so I am truly honored to have the opportunity to take my voice to the Broadway stage. "

" I'm going through a beautiful stage in my life. I've learned about love, about life, about everything. "

" I'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement. "

" I'm still the same guy who gets in front of the mic and just sings. "

" I never like to get ahead of myself. I'm not one of those people that do that. "

" In my player, I have a Luis Miguel CD as well as a Brian McKnight CD. I'm known for my very romantic ballads as well as the fun, up-tempo pop songs. "

" I sang in a group for four years, and you just kind of get used to it. You don't really think about being by yourself. "

" I talk bilingual. "

" It doesn't matter where we're from, we all have to stick together and help each other out as performers and as human beings. "

" I treat every album as a new beginning, so I'm asking myself, 'What is pop music now? What are people consuming?' and I take these things into effect. "

" It's a beautiful thing to be involved with the Special Olympics. "

" It's always morning for me until 4 in the afternoon. "

" It's crazy because I was 10 years old when 'Macarena' was all over the place, and I remember looking at it from a different point of view. I remember culturally how important that song was, even though people didn't really know what they were saying. It was more about the dance and the movement of it and the cultural side of it. "

" It's crazy how the world evolves and the audience gives you an opportunity to really grow and live out your dreams. "

" It's important to stay current and fresh. "

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