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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Luis Fonsi

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My Life

" Pushing the envelope, musically speaking, is what needs to be done to rise to the top. "

" Whenever I get a little chance to get to Orlando, I like to take a couple days' break with the family, just hang out, go clubbing around town. "

Luis Fonsi

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Family

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

" I've worked my butt off. That keeps my feet on the ground - I'm the same Luis Fonsi onstage and at home cooking an omelette in basketball shorts. "

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

" The beautiful thing about it is that 'Despacito' is not really an English crossover. It was just another song that the world made a crossover. I didn't really push it; it just kinda went there. "

" To say I was near our president, performing at the Nobel Peace Prize... I think that's an amazing thing. "

" I've learned and grown as a songwriter. "

" 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. "

" That is the most important thing to me, what happens behind the closed doors in the studio and makes me an artist. "

Luis Fonsi

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Important

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

" 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. "

" '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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Luis Fonsi

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

" My daughter is my number one fan. She has always been incredibly supportive, and she tells like it is and how it is. "

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

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

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

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

Luis Fonsi

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Perspective

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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've always said that inside of me there is a rocker that wants to come out, but I'm a romantic rocker. "

" I won't lie, I didn't know there was a concert. I've always known about the Nobel Peace Prize and the different prizes given out for science and this and that, but I didn't know there was a concert the day after. When they said, 'You're going to perform in Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize concert,' I was like, 'All right, I'm there.' "

" The genre I listen to the most is salsa, so people look at me and see this guy who's done mostly romantic ballads, but there's always been this other side. "