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" I won't lie, I didn't know there was a concert. I've always known about the Nobel Peace Prize and the different prizes given out for science and this and that, but I didn't know there was a concert the day after. When they said, 'You're going to perform in Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize concert,' I was like, 'All right, I'm there.' "

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" 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. "

Luis Fonsi

Try

Being Myself

Music

" I've worked my butt off. That keeps my feet on the ground - I'm the same Luis Fonsi onstage and at home cooking an omelette in basketball shorts. "

" 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. "

" I treat every album as a new beginning, so I'm asking myself, 'What is pop music now? What are people consuming?' and I take these things into effect. "

" 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'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement. "

" The transition to the United States was very interesting. I learned the language. I kind of got into the R&B. I'm a huge fan of the '80s, Journey and all that fun stuff. But when I moved to Orlando, it was more like Boyz II Men. "

" When you're singing about love stories, which is most of my songs, it's good to have a lot of information and to have a different point of view. "

" Ricky Martin just kind of opened a big door, but it's always been around. Latin artists have always been there, but some of them were never doing it in the U.S. "

" It's important to stay current and fresh. "

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

" Just when you think we're living in a little bit of a divided world, music brings us together. "

" Part of our job as quote-unquote 'celebrities' is that we can gather people around things that are important. I think it should be a requisite - there should be a clause in the contract that you have to give back. "

" 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. "

" It's crazy because I was 10 years old when 'Macarena' was all over the place, and I remember looking at it from a different point of view. I remember culturally how important that song was, even though people didn't really know what they were saying. It was more about the dance and the movement of it and the cultural side of it. "

" Whenever I get a little chance to get to Orlando, I like to take a couple days' break with the family, just hang out, go clubbing around town. "

Luis Fonsi

Hang

Family

" My family is the engine of everything, and on a personal level, I feel peace, stability, and they give me force, which is reflected on my work, my recordings, and every time that I go out on tour. They are my base, my everything. "

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

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

" My genre is the pop ballad with a touch of R&B. "

" I never like to get ahead of myself. I'm not one of those people that do that. "

" When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album. "

" '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. "

" My daughter is my number one fan. She has always been incredibly supportive, and she tells like it is and how it is. "

" Each album always has its own sound. "

" 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. "

" It's always morning for me until 4 in the afternoon. "

Luis Fonsi

Morning

Always

" Performing on Broadway is an honor and a challenge for any artist. "

" 'Despacito' was a song that, from the time I started writing it, I felt that its hook was really catchy and powerful but at the same time very simple. "