Ricky Martin Quotes

During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.

I didn't go around the world, I went around the world on a private jet. I didn't have a hotel room, we had an entire floor. We were spoiled.

Love, acceptance, friends, two kids that I love. I have to take care of myself for them. I've also been a vegetarian for two years.

Everyday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future.

What will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment.

Getting caught masturbating sucks. I got caught masturbating in jail 7 or 8 times, it really sucks.

Life is like a great teacher..... she will repeat the lesson until you learn.

And when you feel the heat, the world is at your feet.

Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.

Children aren't just our future. They're our present.

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

I'm an artist and you can fantasize about me however you want.

I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.

I'm like a shark, right at the top of the food chain. I take what I want, when I want. I truly am the reflection of perfection.

Everything they do, from smiling to crying, feels like a blessing. Being a father feels amazing. This has been the most spiritual moment in my life.

Sexuality and sensuality are completely different things. Sensuality is something that you're born with. But sexuality is something I leave for my own mirror.

I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.

I think religion is a bunch of hooey, and I think that the holidays are an opportunity for people to get stressed out, getting their rush to shop. It's so conformist.

I canceled a show once to be with someone that I loved.

I love giving the golden shower. I've done it before in the shower. It's like so sexy, you know, the temperature of your body and the shower water is very different.

If I had spent a quarter of the time that I spent manipulating my sexuality in front of a piano instead, I would be the most gifted piano player of my lifetime.

For many years I thought I was bisexual. And then I would ask myself, 'What is bisexual? Does that even exist?'

I don't need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I'll be the happiest camper.

I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn't ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so.

I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!

Anything can change in show business, you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.

Before, I used to ask permission to my parents to leave the house. Now it's - I ask permission to my children to leave the house. They own the house.

I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.

One day I'm riding a bicycle in my neighborhood, the next day I auditioned for Menudo and was on a plane to perform in front of 200,000 people.

Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I'm going to do my best. You should be proud, walk through life saying I have the coolest family. I am part of a modern family.

I just want my children to be happy. I want my children to be healthy.

I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing.

I truly am the reflection of perfection.

I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family.

I have decided to tell the world that I accept my homosexuality and celebrate this gift that life has given me.

I had very steady and formal relationships with women. And I can say, I fell in love with women and it felt right.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

She'll make you take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain.

I played Luke Skywalker. Every time we played, I was Luke Skywalker. Nobody else could be Luke Skywalker.

Before I came out, I had a lot of anger. For years people would ask, 'How are you doing?' and I'd say, 'Good, fine.' It's show business, and that's what you have to show.

You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, 'I love you and nothing will destroy you and you're not going to fall.'