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

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" 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. "

" My friends and I were the class clowns in high school, so one day we were showing off at our seats, and I fell off my chair! I had to get stitches, and I had a bloody lip. I was trying so hard to be a cool class clown! "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Bachata is expensive to produce because of all of the instruments. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

" There's just something about being on stage and being with the people that, once that camera turns on, you find the strength to keep it cool, look good, act like you're not cold, act like you ain't nervous, act like you aren't scared. I think that comes with confidence and practice. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I like Miami in the winter: there's no humidity, no bugs, no mosquitoes. You go out and wear your jacket, and you're all good! "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Michael Jackson

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