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" 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. "

Luis Fonsi

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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. "

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" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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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. "

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

" I've always said that inside of me there is a rocker that wants to come out, but I'm a romantic rocker. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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.' "

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

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

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

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

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

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