Anthony Santos Quotes
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Growing up, I was always trying to catch a great show. And that's where I learned an artist gets respect. That's what makes people talk.
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You can have the best product, but if you don't have a plan - a label pushing it, the support of a network - you can't make it big with a product. It's all about distribution.
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I've learned that you can do something great, but you have to continue reinventing yourself as an artist. So by the time someone else is copying your style, you have something else to offer your audience.
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I was born and raised in the Bronx, and growing up here, you would go down the block, and on one corner you would hear bachata, on another corner some salsa, and of course there was hip-hop and R&B all over the place. So for me, it is very organic to have these combinations.
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I started singing one day along with my cousin, and I didn't take it too seriously. The people started telling me, 'Hey, you have a nice voice.' and I was like, 'Really?'
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This Romeo character is something I decided to create, like my alter ego. So the name Romeo was invented from the original Romeo and Juliet. I wanted to show people I'm like a modern Romeo.
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I grew up in a neighborhood that had a lot of things to offer, good and bad.
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I basically try to give people top quality.
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What happened with reggaeton is that many artists kept recycling the same sound. But there are a lot of reggaeton artists that are still in their prime - like Daddy Yankee - because they've chosen to continue growing, to offer people more than just reggaeton. That's where I learned to always be able to try something new and not be afraid.
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I think marriage works for some people, but I just don't think it could work for me. I don't see it.
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I love performing in New York. Just something about the energy that the crowd gives you, you give it back, a lot of interaction.
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My mother at a young age put me in bilingual, so my strength is really more in Spanish. Even though I live and I was born and raised in the States, you know, in the Bronx, in Spanish I get my point across. And when I'm writing music, when I'm doing music, it's easier for me, and I know exactly how to express myself.
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Boxing is a really difficult sport! So I don't want to tell you I wouldn't try it, but I guess everybody that does know about it, my friends, they tell me how difficult it is, and I'm like, 'Eh.'
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I go on stage for hours, and I like to give it my all.
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I'm a huge salsa fan. I actually have a salsa on my album, 'Formula Vol. 2,' featuring Marc Anthony.
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You could be the most beautiful girl, but if you're stuck up, that doesn't do it for me.
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I will drink alcohol socially. That's really on the weekends.
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I grew up in my neighborhood with salsa, of course bachata, but also hip-hop, Nirvana - it was just like a mixed culture. It was a beautiful thing for me because at the moment I started creating music, having all these different sounds and elements, it was very organic because I grew up with all these types different music.
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When I begin working on a production, I don't really think about my previous album or albums. I try to have a real creative process.
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I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I've done.
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For me, it's always an organic process. I don't personally reach out to artists without the music being created first.
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I've been able to perform in front of thousands of people on stage in a character that's nothing like me. I'm very shy.
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I'm always onstage, and everyone there already loves me, so I go with this certain confidence.
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One day, my father brings a cassette. He's showing me this, and he's like, 'Look at this guy, his name is Anthony Santos, like you.' I popped it on and started hearing the songs, the music, and I was like, 'Wow, this sounds great.'