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.

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

I met people that I couldn't talk to - they didn't speak Spanish or English - but they knew my songs. That's what I love, the music has gone past where I thought it would get to. That's the power of music, how it can travel and break language barriers.

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

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

I'm very clumsy, so there's been a lot of times I've tripped in front of girls I'm in love with, or spilled food all over myself. My friends and I were the class clowns in high school, so one day we were showing off at our seats and I fell off my chair! I had to get stitches, and I had a bloody lip. I was trying so hard to be a cool class clown!

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.