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" 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. "

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" As a Latin musician, I understand that there are so many places where people don't know who I am. My albums never came out in Australia or Japan. "

" I sang in English my whole life; I just happened to decide that I had a passion for Latin music, and I wanted to jump into Latin music first. "

" I try to always motivate young kids who want to be singers or actors or whatever it is they want to be that anything is possible with hard work. It doesn't matter where you're from or what language you speak - as long as you work hard, you can achieve those goals. "

" I'm not here to try and replace anyone or compete with anyone. "

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

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

" 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. "

" When I was working at the Sprint store, I got laid off. I was bummed out, but I stayed positive. I used the money I had earned while working there to make my first album. Without that job, maybe 'Corazon Sin Cara' would never had been made. It's a very inspirational story. "

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

" The way I think or sing about something is very different if it is in Spanish or English. "

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

" I grew up playing basketball and eating hot dogs on the corner. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My parents are Dominican. I would always go to the Dominican Republic, and I fell in love with Bachata, which comes from the Dominican Republic. "

" Media always comments if I wear the same thing twice. "

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

" My Valentine's playlist... you're gonna have to play some Ginuwine. You're gonna have to play some 112. You're gonna have to play some Confession - Usher's - back in the day. You know, a little bit of Prince Royce there, too. "

" I don't think I've ever had a bad Valentine's Day, I mean... c'mon, y'all know I never get a bad Valentine. Nah. Um, no, I've never really had - I don't have a bad Valentine's Day. I never really think... it doesn't come up to my mind. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "