I've always wanted to work with Mana. I've been a fan of them since I started singing reggaeton in 1992.
I do very well with English, and I think I should do that more and take advantage of the versatility I have. I can sing; I can play guitar.
I have to write pretty songs; that's what gets them on the charts.
If I write songs trying to top other songs, it's a lot of pressure.
I had no father. I had no mother after I was 8.
Colombia changed the way I write and sing.
Medellin gave me so much. It gave me back who I am: the person I am, the human being I am.
The way I'm seeing it, God has given me all this for me to realize that this isn't what I really need in my life.
I love to see people's faces change when they hear me speak English, and they realize how far I have been able to go.
If you're making music for the U.S. Latin fan, it's important that you sing in Spanish. Even going too bilingual can backfire.
I don't see a Spanish song being No. 1 on the Hot 100. I mean, if it happens, fantastic. But I don't think it will.
In Colombia is where I discovered myself as a writer.
I realized that if I did well in Colombia, I could do well in the world.
The mentality always in reggaeton was, 'I'm the man.' I made that cool to say, 'I messed up. I'm not the best.'
I didn't go looking to Colombia for a dream - if I tell you that, I'm lying. I went to Colombia because I needed the work!
To be a guy that disappeared from reggaeton for 10 years and come back, it can't be better than that.
What happened in my life made me a better artist.
