There's a misconception in my opinion... and it's that we Latinos have to go do an American album, an English album, an Anglo production, to cross over.

I create the music, and if this artist could complement this record, I reach out.

For me, it's always an organic process. I don't personally reach out to artists without the music being created first.

When I get on the stage, I try to connect with the fans and offer them the best of the best. I want them to see it as a music journey.

I think that every song has to be like it could be the biggest hit of my album.

I basically try to give people top quality.

If you ask me what's Aventura's forte, I'll obviously say its capacity to deliver hits.

Growing up, I was always trying to catch a great show. And that's where I learned an artist gets respect. That's what makes people talk.

I think marriage works for some people, but I just don't think it could work for me. I don't see it.

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.

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 make them all my girlfriends. I just express to each and every one of them every chance I get that I have millions of girlfriends, my fans.

I'm very private, not the interview type.

The way Aventura became successful was so weird. We didn't have a major label. They say everything has a reason, but it's not easy to find. The only thing that was right was the music.

I joined the church choir because there were these two hot chicks. Then people started giving me compliments. 'You really have a good voice.' Really? I just joined the choir for these girls.

I just want people to know me.

I'm not just selling out Yankee Stadium; I'm selling out stadiums in Mexico, in Argentina - with my bachata. I try to stay true to what I do.

I want to sell music. That's all I'm interested in selling.

I definitely need a girl that has a good sense of humor because there are some girls that are just very uptight.

When I begin working on a production, I don't really think about my previous album or albums. I try to have a real creative process.

When you have Julio Iglesias on a song, I think that's golden.

I do proclaim myself king of bachata because I have to represent my genre. I have to always come out and put on the Superman cape. I'm pretty much representing my culture. I'm not going to change that. But I definitely don't want there to be a misconception where people are like, 'The only thing he likes to do is bachata.'

When we started Aventura, I think a lot of - the reason why we became so successful besides, you know, doing good music, was also the fact that it was unique and different and never done.

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've always loved acting, and I do respect the craft.

I feel like, as an artist and a songwriter, I have to reach certain audiences and give people a little bit of everything.

I've always idolized Jay-Z He's one of my favorite persons, even before I knew him personally.

You see a lot of talented people, but you usually don't see talented people who, behind the scenes, know how to conduct themselves on a higher level.

I always had this fascination with superheroes. Who didn't love Hulk and Spider-Man?

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.

I grew up in my neighborhood with salsa, of course bachata, but also hip-hop, Nirvana - it was just like a mixed culture. It was a beautiful thing for me because at the moment I started creating music, having all these different sounds and elements, it was very organic because I grew up with all these types different music.

People know me for my work with Aventura, and for that, I am grateful.

I love performing in New York. Just something about the energy that the crowd gives you, you give it back, a lot of interaction.

I'm really, really grateful. I don't take anything for granted.

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.

'Despacito' is phenomenal; you can't really chase that type of success. I'm a huge fan of the record, the original, and then when the remix came out, I said, 'Oh my God, it just got greater!'

My first meal when I wake up is five boiled eggs, egg whites, and a slice of whole wheat bread.

I like my music to be like a buffet. If you don't like this plate, there's another one for you.

If you put out quality music, you're always going to be in a good place.

I would always talk with my friends in English and Spanglish, but it was more like slang. It was more like, 'Yo, what's up, dog?' But in Spanish, I know what's proper, and what's ghetto. I know the difference.

If I'm performing in the United States, I'm able to speak Spanglish, and the crowd comprehends. If I'm in the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico, then I'm completely Spanish. I feel like a New Yorker that represents all Latinos.

English is my first language, but musically speaking, I write my music in Spanish.

I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I've done.

I come from the Bronx, so I was exposed to every type of music you can think of.

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.

In bachata, you had these guys that used to wear suits and had a really traditional style. We looked different. Baggy jeans. We had the Spanglish going on, and I knew that was going to work to our advantage.

I don't like planning what am I gonna say to the crowd. Sometimes the show takes a whole different twist.

I think you have a crossover when you are known to a wider audience and a different market. I've been able to sell out stadiums all over the world by doing my music. I'm lucky to be in that list without having done an official crossover. Now, will you hear me doing a little bit of R&B? Sure.

I've learned that you can do something great, but you have to continue reinventing yourself as an artist. So by the time someone else is copying your style, you have something else to offer your audience.

My mother at a young age put me in bilingual, so my strength is really more in Spanish. Even though I live and I was born and raised in the States, you know, in the Bronx, in Spanish I get my point across. And when I'm writing music, when I'm doing music, it's easier for me, and I know exactly how to express myself.