For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.

I don't pretend to be anybody else but me.

I obviously work really hard. But I also have the capacity to dream really big and have the discipline to materialize those dreams.

I respect the ones who make it and leave their home base, but I'm good in Colombia.

In life, you always have to keep fighting. It's not easy.

Even though you don't understand what I'm saying, you are going to really feel it. The same thing happened to me when I used to listen to English music. I didn't even understand one word. You know? But it just makes me feel great.

I believe that we are a result of our past.

When you maintain a closeness with your fans, they are more forgiving when you make mistakes.

The only way I'm not going to follow other people in reggaeton is if I listen to other things. I get other melodies or sounds and put them in reggaeton and make it different.

I'm gonna be real everywhere I go, but I'm with my people, I'm connected to my roots - I'm in my country! I don't need to live somewhere else.

Mike Amiri is like my brother.

Politics doesn't interest me in the least.

Winning a Grammy is always going to be good.

If you really want to flex, you have to be real.

I think it's important to show people, especially young people, that it's okay to have a personality. And that they can express themselves however they like.

You can have the power of your music on your cellphone and reach millions.

Pitbull has always been great - he represents Latinos.

I just work with people that I love and respect, that inspire me to be a better person, a better artist.

I'd want to start being a creative director of a specific line, like Adidas, for example. If they called me up to collaborate on something, I would do it.

Camila Cabello, she's great.

Behind every big artist, there's a big team.

Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible.

I love Bad Bunny. He's changing the game. I think he's doing something very important with his success.

The more I get to know more artists, the more they inspire me.

Let's be honest, 'Ginza' doesn't really have lyrics to speak of. It's a party track - a party for reggaetoneros to come out of the closet.

I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English.

Every performance has provided a learning experience, and as we go, we keep fine-tuning the shows. If we decide to do a tour, we rehearse until we perfect. One thing that I do prior to every show is that we huddle the band and pray. We thank more than we ask.

I don't plan anything - I just let myself go with the flow.

I'm so grateful to Spotify for the enormous support to the reggaeton movement.

I'm not a big fan of fame; I'm a big fan of success.

We are proving that Latinos have the power to connect with an audience on a global level without having to leave our identity behind.

When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist.

I want to make music for everybody.

Steve Aoki is somebody I really love, and he did a remix of 'Mi Gente,' too.

In 2017, it's discouraging that it seems like we're going backward. And that's not just because of Trump; that's because we, as humans, condone discrimination; it's a human issue. It's part of something bigger.

I love Rihanna, but I'm not gonna marry Rihanna.

I'd love to work with people like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Rihanna, Bruno Mars, and The Weeknd.

'Donde Estaras,' it is like a classic reggaeton, and we just added some Southern spice to bring it to 2018. But I wanted to go back to the roots of reggaeton, that type of reggaeton that makes you just feel good. You don't know what we are saying but that OK because 'Donde Estas' is where are you at but 'Donde Estaras' is where are you going to be.

I want to invite the mainstream into my world and to my sound and to what I'm doing. And I want mainstream artists to respect me and accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English. I want them to know that I can compete globally, with whomever, in Spanish.

When you see a movie, they always put the Latino on the bad side or in a tacky way. It's not like that. Latinos are shining like a diamond.

We proved to the world that a completely Spanish song can take over the world.

There's always going to be somebody that don't like you. It's life.

To be a legend, we have to make a lot of right moves and great music.

The important thing is that I'm clear about the love and respect that I got for Rihanna.

To me, family is first.

I don't have to work with superstars - I want to work with cool artists that make super music.

Since I was a kid, I was listening to hip-hop.

I'm from Colombia, and we've been through a lot of hard situations.

I just want people to respect what I do.

I like to make super music instead of working with superstars.