“Simplicity is the key to success.”

Everything is humble and positive energy.

The people in Cuba, they know what I stand for, and there’s a lot of people in Cuba that stand for the same. But they can’t say it.

I’ve always had goals, always had visions, always had a plan, always been very strategic.

Any time I see anything moving onstage, I’m cautious about it.

Patience, passion and perseverance equals success.

I won’t perform in Cuba until there’s no more Castro and there’s a free Cuba. To me, Cuba’s the biggest prison in the world, and I would be very hypocritical were I to perform there.

It’s all about music, because music is basically what’s, been my avenue out of maybe being involved in things I shouldn’t be.

I started doing shows in places that I couldn’t pronounce, didn’t know existed, and I’ve seen people that didn’t speak English or Spanish rapping to every lyric and singing to every hook. I said, “This is the type of music that I want to do.”

I was taught in kindergarten: sharing is caring.

My owner is life and that’s what I fight for.

Punish the deed, not the breed.

My whole thing is just being a part of good music.

I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I’m from Miami, which wasn’t getting looked at at the time. Three, I’m Cuban. But now, I’ve made everything that stacked against me into a virtue.

Show the World where you’re from, show the World we are one.

The thing with me and endorsements is it’s harder for me to get endorsements because of the simple fact that I want in.

I can be a part of everything. Every movement.

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

Life is very simple. What I give out comes back to me. Today, I choose to give love.

Vices are simply overworked virtues.

The simple fact that you care, that you want to do your best, that you strive to enjoy life and love, this makes you so much more than enough.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

For simplicity one can think of the + class as having one extra base at some point or other in the genetic message and the – class as having one too few.

I will be still before you, lord, I will draw near. In this simple moment, I’m just happy to be here.

Some days, my mind still flickers, but the light doesn’t stay on. Kind of like the hope I felt when your fingers squeezed my palm. But they simply call that a reflex.