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

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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" 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 done songs in other languages. I know how hard it is. "

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

" You kind of grow up and evolve in everything you do. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" My style has a lot to do with where I've been brought up. I've lived half my life in Puerto Rico and the other half in Florida, so I listen to music in English as well as Spanish. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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