I wanted to show people I'm like a modern Romeo. I'm romantic, but I can also be seductive. I can be cool and charismatic, swagger-type.
I never think about any of my accomplishments and I always get butterflies in my stomach and I never get too comfortable with the status.
When I sing, I try to communicate certain emotions, and that's the voice that comes out.
My fans love me; they've made me this sex symbol. I don't feel I am, but they feel that way. They find me attractive, like I'm a sexy dude. I try my best to make them believe the illusion.
I don't like my voice, and I don't enjoy my singing voice; I do what I do to bring pleasure and diversion to the fans.
I feel the first award any artist can have is his audience.
I want to sell music. That's all I'm interested in selling.
When I get on stage, I try to win my pay: to please and that people leave satisfied... being seductive has given me good results.
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.
I don't tweet very much. I still believe in the mystery of an artist. I believe in going out when I'm ready to sell my product. A lot of artists are out there every day. But I remember the Julio Iglesiases, the Jose Joses - and it was about the music.
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.
I always had a passion for writing, but I always visualized other artist singing my lyrics, I never visualized myself.
Every time I'm preparing a new production, I'm trying to reinvent my style and offer the audience several choices.
When you have Julio Iglesias on a song, I think that's golden.
My life is nothing like my videos. I'm definitely not walking around with lots of hot women, as I am in my videos.
I'm always onstage, and everyone there already loves me, so I go with this certain confidence.
My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool.
I just want people to know me.
