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" I grew up in The Bronx. I mean, I was born and raised in New York City. And I started singing in Spanish because I was always just connected to my Latin roots. "

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" In Spanish, I record a lot of single-voice tracks, and in English, I 'stack' a lot of voices, so it's very different, and I think I got so used to recording in Spanish for six years that it was really refreshing and challenging to get in and record 'Double Vision' in English. "

Prince Royce

Vision

Years

Think

" I feel blessed to even be able to put out an English album. Not too many Latin artists get the opportunity to come out and record another genre that's so different to Bachata. "

" I just want to bring the people good music. "

" I'm excited to be launching D'Leon Records to support other young talent in their development. I have been very fortunate to have been able to break through and succeed in this tough industry, and this is one of my ways of giving back. "

" Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new. "

" I go skydiving often. At least twice a year. "

Prince Royce

Year

Twice

" At 17, I was working at Sprint in the Bronx so I could make money to fund my own music. "

" I love hip-hop, R&B, techno and Latin. "

" I think when you translate songs, you lose the real essence and the meaning. "

" I spoke English at school and Spanish at home, and I'm always eating Dominican food, listening to Dominican music. "

" I love American food, but I also love Latin food. "

" I grew up having two different perspectives - one in English, one in Spanish. Two different cultures, very different - but I think that, to me, it's one. I'm just as American as I feel Latin. "

" Spanish is my second language. When I started, I was doing interviews in Spanish and had to catch up. "

Prince Royce

Language

Interviews

" My whole life, I grew up with this double vision, this vision of America but also Latin community. "

" I always sang in English. It's just that nobody heard me. "

" I wouldn't say I'm changing myself to find a new audience. It's about growing, trying new things. There's a whole other world out there that doesn't know who Prince Royce is. "

" I grew up listening to a lot of Usher at 13 and 14. I have every Usher album that ever existed. So I grew up listening to a lot of Usher, Michael Jackson, Luis Miguel, a lot of pioneers in Latin music. "

" I just think Valentine's Day is a day to really appreciate the person you love, no matter who it is, and to spend time with them. I don't think it's all about fancy presents or whatever. I think it's about spending that quality time with that special person. "

" Girls love emotion. "

Prince Royce

Love

Emotion

" My parents and grandparents listened to bacheta heavy, the true bachata from back in the day - Juan Luis Guerra, Anthony Santos. I liked the genre, but I remember thinking, 'OK, enough of this.' I would sing Usher's 'U Remind Me' to the girls in school. "

Prince Royce

Thinking

Day

" I represent New York, I represent the Bronx, I represent the Dominican Republic. And I always have that in mind with everything that I do. "

" Most of my fans know I love video games. I say it in every interview, so they know. But one thing that I like doing is skateboarding, I like jet skiing, skydiving. It's like a huge roller coaster ride. Like forty seconds of free-falling. That's some of the stuff I love, daredevil stuff. I like horseback riding. "

" Everything in life is a risk! I mean, you walk out onto the street and it's a risk! Don't you think? "

" My intent is never to leave Latin music. I definitely still want to release bachata albums. "

" In Spanish, for whatever reason, I lean more toward the high notes. "

Prince Royce

High

Whatever

" When I hear the songs 'Dangerous' or 'End of My World', I go, 'Wow, I didn't even know I could go that low!' And when I played them for my family, they said, 'That doesn't even sound like you.' "

" I'm very clumsy, so there's been a lot of times I've tripped in front of girls I'm in love with or spilled food all over myself. "

" I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, your girlfriend or not. I'm not gonna say that there's not that special girl out there. But I'm in the music biz, and I'm focused on the music. "

" I sang everything - R&B slow jams, Spanish slow jams, romantic reggaeton - and I really didn't care which I got signed for. "

" My dream girl... well, I love eyes. And lips. She has to have nice lips! "