I come from a pop background, but I'm also a Puerto Rican and I do feel this music. My approach to salsa is a humble one, and I defy anybody to prove that I'm faking it.

What you see is what you get. My God, I don't have the time nor the energy to live up to some persona.

My mum always told me 95 per cent of success was partnering well.

It's still hard for me to understand, what is to me, the morbid fascination with celebrity. I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do. I understand, you know, the interest but I really don't understand the fascination with it.

I think in general I've never dared compose in Spanish. First of all, it is such an intricate language.

Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!

Being Puerto Rican, born and raised on the streets of New York, you go, 'Wow, you're still friends with your ex, man? Really? That's weird.' I don't play that.