Fans have been very important in my career. Even though I'm just doing me and doing my thing, they're the captains of this ship.

Everything in life is a risk! I mean, you walk out onto the street and it's a risk! Don't you think?

I think that sometimes fans or supporters say "I love this artist" but they may not realize that he loves them back.

My ultimate goal in life, with my music, is to make a movement.

Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new.

I hope to touch many Hearts through my music

There are two sides of me, the bachata/tropical Latin side and the English pop as well. They're both equally important, so I'll always make sure to keep both roots in my music.

I do want to give out a positive message and be successful.

I always used to sing in the shower, but I never really got into the music until a friend of mine helped me a lot with recording.

I always saw myself performing on stage and the girls yelling out my name.

I have fans from different cultures coming up to me saying that they don't understand what I'm singing but that they like the music.

You are my other self

Sleep, Maya, " he murmured softly. "Sleep, my love, and I promise that I will come looking for you.

It’s a beautiful way to put it: Leave the poetry in what you make. When something becomes too polished, it loses its soul. It seems robotic.

I almost never try to make the audience comfortable. I wouldn't want that if I were in the audience.

An idea that no one believes can not be proved too often.

When I'm playing best, I'm just thinking about the music, just interacting with what my bandmates are playing.

Help Nature and work on with her; and Nature will regard thee as one of her creators . . . she will lay bare before thy gaze the treasures hidden in the depths of her pure virgin bosom.

Desperate? That can be a justification for all kinds of behavior.

I don’t respect your statement because of the anger that came with it

Cowardice in a race, as in an individual, is the unpardonable sin.