Quotes from Luis Fonsi

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

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

I talk bilingual.

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

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

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.

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.

It's important to stay current and fresh.

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

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 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.

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

Pushing the envelope, musically speaking, is what needs to be done to rise to the top.

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.

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

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

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

'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.

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.

'Despacito' started with a melody hook that I had with my guitar only. The beat for this track came after I wrote the lyrics, which I wrote as if I was writing a ballad.

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

Everybody has their cliques, and I was very shy. I'm still very shy. Music opened up doors. I would get to my choir class, and I was sort of one of the better kids... I could read music. That's when I realized how good El Coro de San Juan was. I felt, for once, like, hey, I can fit in.