Luis Fonsi Quotes
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I love and respect theatre, so I am truly honored to have the opportunity to take my voice to the Broadway stage.
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I've done songs in other languages. I know how hard it is.
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I talk bilingual.
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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.
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My genre is the pop ballad with a touch of R&B.
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I've learned and grown as a songwriter.
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When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album.
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I am very optimistic, and I always think positive, but within reason and never getting too far ahead of the game.
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Performing on Broadway is an honor and a challenge for any artist.
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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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Cancer is tough. Even saying it, it's a tough word to say.
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'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.
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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.
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I'm not a social singer. But if one can take a social message via the romantic, that's a strong statement.
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I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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At no time was I trying to write a crossover record.
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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.
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It's always morning for me until 4 in the afternoon.
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My style has a lot to do with where I've been brought up. I've lived half my life in Puerto Rico and the other half in Florida, so I listen to music in English as well as Spanish.
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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.