Nicky Jam

“I first write melodies that will make people shiver, and then, I add the lyrics.”

“Vin Diesel is crazy, and when I say crazy, I mean it in a good way. He's crazy about Latinos, and he's not even a Latino. He even wants to speak Spanish. I told him we should do a song together, and he said he was shy. But I said, 'I'm no actor, but I'm acting in front of you. I wasn't scared.'”

“There are people who compose from very young. That is not my case. I went discovering myself.”

“I didn't go looking to Colombia for a dream - if I tell you that, I'm lying. I went to Colombia because I needed the work!”

“I do very well with English, and I think I should do that more and take advantage of the versatility I have. I can sing; I can play guitar.”

“Puerto Rico got too futuristic with the electronic reggaeton. It lost the essence of the reggae music.”

“Colombia changed the way I write and sing.”

“Medellin gave me so much. It gave me back who I am: the person I am, the human being I am.”

“What happened in my life made me a better artist.”

“I'm a little bit of everything. That's what makes Nicky Jam so different from everybody else.”

“In Colombia is where I discovered myself as a writer.”

“Al Green is something else.”

“Not everybody can sing - that's something I have.”

“If you're making music for the U.S. Latin fan, it's important that you sing in Spanish. Even going too bilingual can backfire.”

“I want to go into the English market, all the way.”

“We made history. Two Latin urban singers on the cover of Billboard is incredible. I'm proud of myself, I'm proud of J Balvin, our music, and of all Latinos.”

“I realized that if I did well in Colombia, I could do well in the world.”