Top 35 Ricky Martin Quotes

Children aren’t just our future. They’re our present.

New York City is an amazing place to raise children.

Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.

For many years I thought I was bisexual. And then I would ask myself, ‘What is bisexual? Does that even exist?’

I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn’t ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so.

What I like about Broadway is that you are still entertaining. You’re standing in front of an audience every night and the critics are not friends at all – and that’s good for me as an entertainer because I want to grow. It also gives me the structure of remaining in one city so I can get creative in different ways.

You can be a sex symbol through music or film. Hey, there are some politicians that are sex symbols. Is that something you should fight? No. Sex is very natural.

When I was 9 years old, I really wanted to be in the show business. I really wanted to be an artist. I would grab a wooden spoon and I would start singing, even if it was for my uncles and my aunts. And I would just sing any lah-lah song.

My priorities are: I need to be good; I need to be well within for my children to be well within; and then the creative process flows, organically and smoothly. I’m not looking to experience what I went through in the ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’ days again.

I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered ‘losers,’ drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing.

When you take things too seriously, you get old. You have to be silly. Whenever people say, ‘Hey, man, are you ever going to grow up?’ That’s when you know you’re doing things right.

I had very steady and formal relationships with women. And I can say, I fell in love with women and it felt right.

For many years, there has been only one place where I am in touch with my emotions fearlessly, and that’s the stage. Being on stage fills my soul in many ways, almost completely. It’s my vice.

Honestly, I never needed a mask to go onstage. It was me who was there, and it was always what I felt, based on what I had learned at home, in my religion, and from society. I clung to that: ‘This is me, it has to be me.’ And if I had an encounter with someone of the same sex, I looked away.

I don’t want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!

Before, I used to ask permission to my parents to leave the house. Now it’s – I ask permission to my children to leave the house. They own the house.

You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, ‘I love you and nothing will destroy you and you’re not going to fall.’

People don’t know this, but I’m going through a lot every time I walk on stage, which is part of doing theater. That’s why it’s so addictive, I must say.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.

I canceled a show once to be with someone that I loved.

Every night, you fight for that standing ovation at the end of the night. And if you do something wrong, the domino effect is chaotic. And you must not allow yourself to make mistakes whatsoever. So in that case, theater, it’s fascinating because of the discipline that you need.

I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans. If you moved your hips and the girls screamed, you were getting it right. Who wouldn’t want to be like Elvis or Jim Morrison!

Proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man.

Broadway is another monster. I’ve been touring since I was 12 years old and I love being on the road – one day you’re here, next day it’s snowing, and the next you are in a desert and it’s 110 degrees. So I guess I’m kind of used to the madness physically that you go to when you are an entertainer. But it’s been great.

I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.

Sexuality and sensuality are completely different things. Sensuality is something that you’re born with. But sexuality is something I leave for my own mirror.

I just want my children to be happy. I want my children to be healthy.

I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard the loudest in Washington.

A lot of people say, ‘Wow, you’re a single father of twin boys, that’s crazy!’ Two toddlers can get hectic, but I wouldn’t change it for anything. Every day they teach me different things. The love is there. When you have a two-year-old saying every other hour, ‘Papi, te amo. Papi, I love you,’ it can’t get better.

Ignore the ignorant.

One day I’m riding a bicycle in my neighborhood, the next day I auditioned for Menudo and was on a plane to perform in front of 200,000 people.

The rights of homosexual people are human rights, and human rights are for everyone.

It was really intense for me to start having conversations with God, when according to the man-made laws in my religion – to be homosexual is evil.

I don’t need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I’ll be the happiest camper.