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

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" 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. "

" 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've learned and grown as a songwriter. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" It's crazy how the world evolves and the audience gives you an opportunity to really grow and live out your dreams. "

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

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

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

" 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

" Each album always has its own sound. "

" I talk bilingual. "

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