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" I'm going through a beautiful stage in my life. I've learned about love, about life, about everything. "

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" I am 100% proud Puerto Rican but have lived two-thirds of my life in the United States. So, there will be some things I write in English, but my main way of conversing with my audience is in Spanish because, at the end of the day, I'm a Latino. "

" 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. "

" '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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" '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. "

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

" I wrote 'Despacito' with my guitar, but where you can tweak a lot is in the production. "

" I'm still the same guy who gets in front of the mic and just sings. "

" 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 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. "

" Pushing the envelope, musically speaking, is what needs to be done to rise to the top. "

" 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. "

" At no time was I trying to write a crossover record. "

" Each album always has its own sound. "

" 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. "

" As a songwriter, I go into the studio, and I just try to write a great song. "