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" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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" '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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "