What happened with reggaeton is that many artists kept recycling the same sound. But there are a lot of reggaeton artists that are still in their prime - like Daddy Yankee - because they've chosen to continue growing, to offer people more than just reggaeton. That's where I learned to always be able to try something new and not be afraid.

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

Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.

I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.

It's a great meeting place, community center, art gallery, singles bar, music venue. The record store really covers a lot of ground.

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish.