Quotes from J Balvin

Pitbull has always been great - he represents Latinos.

I want to inspire people to follow their own dream, not what the world wants for them.

I just work with people that I love and respect, that inspire me to be a better person, a better artist.

The more I get to know more artists, the more they inspire me.

Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible.

To tell you the truth, I used an Instagram filter called Ginza to share a snippet of the song - I simply left the name in the caption in case anyone wanted to use the same filter. But everyone started calling the song 'Ginza.'

I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English.

I invite you to get out of the box, be yourself. If you have blue hair, pink, yellow; if you have a broken tooth; if you have other sexual preferences... be yourself. Fight for your happiness always.

I don't know. I respect Kanye, but when it comes to Trump, I'm not into that, man.

I am a YouTube artist.

In 2017, it's discouraging that it seems like we're going backward. And that's not just because of Trump; that's because we, as humans, condone discrimination; it's a human issue. It's part of something bigger.

The only way I'm not going to follow other people in reggaeton is if I listen to other things. I get other melodies or sounds and put them in reggaeton and make it different.

Mike Amiri is like my brother.

I'm just a regular guy trying to make my dream come true like everybody else.

I'm gonna be real everywhere I go, but I'm with my people, I'm connected to my roots - I'm in my country! I don't need to live somewhere else.

When you maintain a closeness with your fans, they are more forgiving when you make mistakes.

My medium is music, but my goal is to motivate people to dream.

I want to invite the mainstream into my world and to my sound and to what I'm doing. And I want mainstream artists to respect me and accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English. I want them to know that I can compete globally, with whomever, in Spanish.

We proved to the world that a completely Spanish song can take over the world.

I want to take it really far in Spanish; even non-Spanish speakers listen to my music across the world. Even though they don't know what I'm saying, they really feel it. We want to take it to another level and keep building our name. We want to take it really far just in Spanish.

'Donde Estaras,' it is like a classic reggaeton, and we just added some Southern spice to bring it to 2018. But I wanted to go back to the roots of reggaeton, that type of reggaeton that makes you just feel good. You don't know what we are saying but that OK because 'Donde Estas' is where are you at but 'Donde Estaras' is where are you going to be.

To be a legend, we have to make a lot of right moves and great music.

Dreams are the ones that really keep me moving all the time. That's what drives me.

It's always been my dream to be among the big names of Colombia.