Just when you think we're living in a little bit of a divided world, music brings us together.
It's crazy how the world evolves and the audience gives you an opportunity to really grow and live out your dreams.
The beautiful thing about it is that 'Despacito' is not really an English crossover. It was just another song that the world made a crossover. I didn't really push it; it just kinda went there.
I am very optimistic, and I always think positive, but within reason and never getting too far ahead of the game.
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.
My daughter is my number one fan. She has always been incredibly supportive, and she tells like it is and how it is.
I've always said that inside of me there is a rocker that wants to come out, but I'm a romantic rocker.
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.
I'm still the same guy who gets in front of the mic and just sings.
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.
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.
Performing on Broadway is an honor and a challenge for any artist.
It's important to stay current and fresh.
Pushing the envelope, musically speaking, is what needs to be done to rise to the top.
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.
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 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.
It's a beautiful thing to be involved with the Special Olympics.
I wrote 'Despacito' with my guitar, but where you can tweak a lot is in the production.
As an artist, you keep learning. You draw out different parts of you.
