Luis Fonsi Quotes

I didn't set out to write pop hits.

I think 'All Out of Love' is my favorite song because it's been the most successful. It's been in about 30 movies, it's been a number one record, and it keeps getting played on the radio, it's always somewhere.

You look at what One Direction has done and just say, 'That is just lucky;' it is not. It is happening because they are talented boys, good looking lads; and yes, their songs might not be the typical songs that lots of radios want to play, but they are great songs, pop records, that are massive across the world selling in huge numbers.

I don't feel I'm making a conscious effort to go more commercial.

People know me for up-tempo songs because of my hits.

I have a very pop voice, but there's so much of me I associate mostly with urban music, so I try to blend the two.

I'm not making music to get played in a club.

I've always wanted to write pop music. I never wanted to be cool or make a hipster record.

The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' is very experimental. It's pop meets urban meets indie meets alternative.

We don't want it to be obscure music. We're not trying to be indie. We want to be popular.

'Gargoyle' was inching towards a more accessible record.

I don't think I could make a pop album.

We never said we were hard-core or that we didn't want our music crossing over or being popular.

I hear some new artists that sound country but the record labels and country radio lean more toward a more rock feel for what gets signed to a label and played on the radio.

Well, I am not sure of when my album will be released but my music has a lot of different sounds. I'm a hip-hop/R&B girl at heart, but I love pop music as well, and I even have an affinity for country music. So I would say my music might have something for everyone.

Every year, there's some band that plays guitar-oriented pop music that has a single, but for the most part, it's kind of relegated to the sidelines.

The success of the first album was almost an anomaly, and it could remain a fantastic anomaly. It was not crafted for commercial success. I remember meetings with my label saying it had no radio singles. For me, the second album was a gesture of independence.

Ailee, to me, is just such a talented, powerful voice. She's sexy; she's beautiful. I'm a huge fan. I like her a lot. I really hope she keeps going at it. I really like her song 'I Will Show You.' To me, she has that Beyonce vibe.

I've been criticized for doing so - crossover music. But I never claimed to be a pure dancehall artist.

I'm going to make the music I make regardless and it's always going to be driven by rhythm and blues and hopefully it becomes popular. But I don't cater to, like, 'OK, I want to make music that's going to fit in this pop world or go on the charts, etcetera, etcetera.' Hopefully, enough people like it so it becomes popular.

We are not a boy band in the traditional sense. We don't dance or have synchronized moves. We are a pop-rock band.

The thing is that when I'm making music, I'm not really chasing that sound - the Atlanta sound that we hear a lot.

Doing the Best I Can' is a sure fire hit. Incredibly commercial. But what could you say about it? Catchy and good to dance to. But 'Nothing Rhymes' is different. A much bigger risk but it was lyrics people could talk about. So that was the one to launch me on.

I naturally make commercial music: it's never been a calculated decision to make pop music. I'm a genuine pop music fan.

Steve Earle had a mainstream career. Dwight Yoakam had a mainstream career. Willie Nelson did. But they always made good music, they always stuck to who they were. They weren't relying on radio like a lot of people are in Nashville.