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" Spanish is my second language. When I started, I was doing interviews in Spanish and had to catch up. "

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" I just want to bring the people good music. "

" My intent is never to leave Latin music. I definitely still want to release bachata albums. "

" I'm not here to try and replace anyone or compete with anyone. "

" I grew up in The Bronx. I mean, I was born and raised in New York City. And I started singing in Spanish because I was always just connected to my Latin roots. "

" Media always comments if I wear the same thing twice. "

" I sang in English my whole life; I just happened to decide that I had a passion for Latin music, and I wanted to jump into Latin music first. "

" When I hear the songs 'Dangerous' or 'End of My World', I go, 'Wow, I didn't even know I could go that low!' And when I played them for my family, they said, 'That doesn't even sound like you.' "

" I grew up playing basketball and eating hot dogs on the corner. "

" I go skydiving often. At least twice a year. "

" Most of my fans know I love video games. I say it in every interview, so they know. But one thing that I like doing is skateboarding, I like jet skiing, skydiving. It's like a huge roller coaster ride. Like forty seconds of free-falling. That's some of the stuff I love, daredevil stuff. I like horseback riding. "

" I grew up having two different perspectives - one in English, one in Spanish. Two different cultures, very different - but I think that, to me, it's one. I'm just as American as I feel Latin. "

" I love American food, but I also love Latin food. "

" I just think Valentine's Day is a day to really appreciate the person you love, no matter who it is, and to spend time with them. I don't think it's all about fancy presents or whatever. I think it's about spending that quality time with that special person. "

" My Valentine's playlist... you're gonna have to play some Ginuwine. You're gonna have to play some 112. You're gonna have to play some Confession - Usher's - back in the day. You know, a little bit of Prince Royce there, too. "

" I like eating; I like going to restaurants and trying new things. "

" I'm excited to be launching D'Leon Records to support other young talent in their development. I have been very fortunate to have been able to break through and succeed in this tough industry, and this is one of my ways of giving back. "

" My parents are Dominican. I would always go to the Dominican Republic, and I fell in love with Bachata, which comes from the Dominican Republic. "

" Bachata is expensive to produce because of all of the instruments. "

" Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new. "

" In Spanish, I record a lot of single-voice tracks, and in English, I 'stack' a lot of voices, so it's very different, and I think I got so used to recording in Spanish for six years that it was really refreshing and challenging to get in and record 'Double Vision' in English. "

" I love hip-hop, R&B, techno and Latin. "

" I think behind every great man there's got to be a great woman, whether she's your wife, your girlfriend or not. I'm not gonna say that there's not that special girl out there. But I'm in the music biz, and I'm focused on the music. "

" I feel blessed to even be able to put out an English album. Not too many Latin artists get the opportunity to come out and record another genre that's so different to Bachata. "

" I think when you translate songs, you lose the real essence and the meaning. "

" At 17, I was working at Sprint in the Bronx so I could make money to fund my own music. "

" When I was working at the Sprint store, I got laid off. I was bummed out, but I stayed positive. I used the money I had earned while working there to make my first album. Without that job, maybe 'Corazon Sin Cara' would never had been made. It's a very inspirational story. "

" My dream girl... well, I love eyes. And lips. She has to have nice lips! "

" I sang everything - R&B slow jams, Spanish slow jams, romantic reggaeton - and I really didn't care which I got signed for. "

" As a Latin musician, I understand that there are so many places where people don't know who I am. My albums never came out in Australia or Japan. "

" I like Miami in the winter: there's no humidity, no bugs, no mosquitoes. You go out and wear your jacket, and you're all good! "