Quotes from Anuel AA

I am super competitive, and I sacrifice a lot.

There are a bunch of independent artists who became millionaires and they don't owe anything to anybody. They don't have to give anyone any percentage.

I wanted to show people that I can do something besides street music.

Sometimes I wanna get tatted somethin' in my face really little but other times like nah can't ruin my face.

When I started to get all that money, I started to buy a lot of watches. I bought 6 to 7 watches, the rainbow Rolex... In a year, I had spent $3.3 million just on the watches.

I got a lot of money like invested in watches. When I buy watches I make sure, like you could go buy and they're still gonna have the same price, the same value, or maybe more.

I collaborated with Lil Wayne, Bad Bunny, Tego Calderon, he's a big legend in the Spanish industry.

I'm always up and down with Jordan's. I try to not wear them too much. They're the type of shoe that, if you want it, if you don't want to get them too dirty, you don't use them too much.

When I made 'Real,' I recorded it over the phone in prison. I did it in a week. I had no idea what it was going to sound like. I couldn't even listen to the masters before it came out, I couldn't listen to 90% of the beats. I recorded 21 songs in seven days.

I've been dealing with racism since I was a little kid! My dad's super black, from Puerto Rico. Then my mom's super white - she's Puerto Rican too, but she grew up in Milwaukee. As a Latino in the U.S. I've seen how we are treated differently based on the color of our skin.

I learned to forget everything. To concentrate on my music and thank God for all good moments. Because the positive attracts the positive. You must work, work and work to get the most out of it.

Thank god 'Real' was successful, but I feel like 'Emmanuel' will be even more successful. All my ideas, I could put them to work myself, on my own time. I had more control, and it shows.

Even though Puerto Rico will always be my hometown, I feel Miami is my second home.

People like to say, 'Ah, he just knows how to rap.' As if I didn't know my music.

I listen to what people say in the songs, not just the melodies. With rappers you gotta listen to what they say.

Recording with Meek Mill for me was like when Allen Iverson played with Michael Jordan for the first time.

Bad Bunny and I have a great relationship.

So in prison basically is when I started to build a good relationship with God and I started praying a lot. I read the bible a lot so I started to get a lot of knowledge about life.

Bad Bunny and I aren't brothers, but we have a good relationship. We compete. We'll compete until the day we die, because he says he's the best, and I say I'm the best. When he releases something big, I have to release something bigger.

Wisin Y Yandel are legends. They're very smart and really humble.

I can't live without my PlayStation. When I go on tour this is like my best friend. 'Cause if I don't bring the PlayStation, I feel like I'm a slave of my work, basically.

People think because I'm crazy, I don't know anything. My dad played bass with Hector Lavoe, with Marc Anthony, with Ricky Martin, with people who had nothing to do with reggaeton. I grew up watching him play all kinds of instruments. It's something I carry in my blood.

Daddy Yankee and I have some of the same fans, but he reaches people I don't reach. The same thing with Ozuna and Balvin and Karol G.

My biggest inspiration is my family. The support they give me, the strength they give me is something that is very rare and special. Each singer is inspired by different things, my strength comes from my family and soul.