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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" That is the most important thing to me, what happens behind the closed doors in the studio and makes me an artist. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" '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'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. "

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

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

" Everybody lives their lives differently. They have a different perspective. They've been through different things in love. They've cried about different things. "

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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. "

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