“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.”

I can be a part of everything. Every movement.

It’s the true meaning of music being a universal language, constantly fighting and going through different boundaries in order for new people to hear the music and be like, “Oh, sh*t! I mess with this Pitbull kid.”

There’s no success without failure and no winning without losing.

I don’t agree when the USA, that lives by a constitution, says, OK, just because you look this way, we’re going to ask you for your documentation, or you gotta go back to your country.

This is the truth: I’m into sales. I love deals. I’m definitely a sucker for steals.

Don’t be afraid to lose. Listen. And always invest in yourself.

If you look at Cuba what’s the benefit in being in Cuba? Really? It’s almost like being in prison. You can’t think. You can’t have your own opinions. You have no opportunity. You just gotta live life the way you were born into it.

I don’t wanna make hood music, I don’t wanna make street music, I want to make world music, global music, international music.

I’m taking a lot of freestyle music and flipping it.

I make music with no boundaries.

As far as the fans, I always say it because it’s the truth: without them I’m absolutely nothing.

Every time I reach a new audience, that means I’m doing something right.

I’m not a Reggaeton artist and I’m not a Crunk artist either.

Simplicity is the key to success.

I feel like I’ve been fighting in music and creating new ways and new opportunities to make things work even when people thought it wouldn’t.

Music to me is something I did as a hobby.

The stars are not afraid to appear like fireflies.

A dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people, than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of Government.

I’m lookin’ paid and pretty.

I like it to look natural, to be smooth, dewy glowy. I like my eyebrows to look nice and I love lip gloss. That’s essential to the Saweetie look.

It was the special purpose of Christ’s appearance upon earth to bring immortality to light.

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Growing up with a house full of women and seeing them look good no matter what they put on every morning just inspired me to look good myself.

A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.