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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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I've learned and grown as a songwriter. "

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

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

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

Different Perspective

" '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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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 talk bilingual. "

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

" That is the most important thing to me, what happens behind the closed doors in the studio and makes me an artist. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" The genre I listen to the most is salsa, so people look at me and see this guy who's done mostly romantic ballads, but there's always been this other side. "

" 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. "

" As an artist, you keep learning. You draw out different parts of you. "

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

" 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. "

" '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. "