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" I want my children to be proud of their father and to say, 'My father is the best dad in the world.' And I want them to belong to a modern family, and live a path of happiness and calm. "

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" If I had spent a quarter of the time that I spent manipulating my sexuality in front of a piano instead, I would be the most gifted piano player of my lifetime. "

Ricky Martin

Time

Sexuality

Piano

" Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I'm going to do my best. You should be proud, walk through life saying I have the coolest family. I am part of a modern family. "

" Before, I used to ask permission to my parents to leave the house. Now it's - I ask permission to my children to leave the house. They own the house. "

" When I was 9 years old, I really wanted to be in the show business. I really wanted to be an artist. I would grab a wooden spoon and I would start singing, even if it was for my uncles and my aunts. And I would just sing any lah-lah song. "

" I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so. "

Ricky Martin

Doing

Painful

" These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn't even know existed. "

Ricky Martin

Silence

Power

" I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family. "

" I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive. "

" Broadway is another monster. I've been touring since I was 12 years old and I love being on the road - one day you're here, next day it's snowing, and the next you are in a desert and it's 110 degrees. So I guess I'm kind of used to the madness physically that you go to when you are an entertainer. But it's been great. "

" I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper. "

Ricky Martin

Floor

Anything

" I've felt emotions onstage that I never felt before; it has strengthened me as a person and as an artist. "

Ricky Martin

Emotions

Never

" I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be. "

" Ignore the ignorant. "

Ricky Martin

Ignorant

Ignore

" We all have to go through our own spiritual process. It is very difficult. Some people are struggling and they are in their teens. Some people are in their 50s and they're struggling. Some people go through life and die not being able to accept themselves. Tragic. But it's very individual. And it's about self-esteem. "

" Sexuality and sensuality are completely different things. Sensuality is something that you're born with. But sexuality is something I leave for my own mirror. "

" My goal is to think of nothing when I'm writing a song because too many influences could sabotage a potentially amazing song. "

" My priorities are: I need to be good; I need to be well within for my children to be well within; and then the creative process flows, organically and smoothly. I'm not looking to experience what I went through in the 'Livin' La Vida Loca' days again. "

" I eat everything, that's a problem. I don't have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I've been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling. "

" People don't know this, but I'm going through a lot every time I walk on stage, which is part of doing theater. That's why it's so addictive, I must say. "

" When someone isn't ready we must not try to force them out. People are being bullied and committing suicide because they're gay and it's horrible. "

" When you take things too seriously, you get old. You have to be silly. Whenever people say, 'Hey, man, are you ever going to grow up?' That's when you know you're doing things right. "

" I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard the loudest in Washington. "

" You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, 'I love you and nothing will destroy you and you're not going to fall.' "

" I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope. "

" The homosexual community wants me to be gay. The heterosexual community wants me to be straight. Every writer thinks, I'm the journalist who's going to make him talk. I pray for them. I pray that they get a life and stop living mine! "

Ricky Martin

Gay

Living

" Proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. "

" During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all. "

" Before I came out, I had a lot of anger. For years people would ask, 'How are you doing?' and I'd say, 'Good, fine.' It's show business, and that's what you have to show. "

" Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong. "

" For many years I thought I was bisexual. And then I would ask myself, 'What is bisexual? Does that even exist?' "