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" 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. "

Luis Fonsi

Family

Peace

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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. "

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

" I talk bilingual. "

Luis Fonsi

Bilingual

Talk

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

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

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

" Each album always has its own sound. "

" '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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 very optimistic, and I always think positive, but within reason and never getting too far ahead of the game. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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