I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

The music teacher thought I sang like a goat. It was kind of devastating. A few months after that, I participated in a music contest and won. I took my little trophy to school and rubbed it in his nose. I said to him, "What do you say now?"

Walking gets too boring, when you learn how to fly.

Europe is a very different place from my native country of Colombia and my children are growing up in a very urban setting which is nothing like when I was growing up and would be able to play barefoot in the street. But we have a very good life.

My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.

You can't achieve anything in life without a small amount of sacrifice.

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.