Top 70 Romeo Santos Quotes

I need to eat every three hours – it keeps my metabolism going so I stay at a certain weight.

I’m very private, not the interview type.

You have to be confident about the product you’re putting out. It’s just like when a boxer is promoting a fight. You can’t go out there and be like, ‘This guy might beat me.’

I feel the first award any artist can have is his audience.

I wanted to show people I’m like a modern Romeo. I’m romantic, but I can also be seductive. I can be cool and charismatic, swagger-type.

I feel like, as an artist and a songwriter, I have to reach certain audiences and give people a little bit of everything.

I’ve learned that you can do something great, but you have to continue reinventing yourself as an artist. So by the time someone else is copying your style, you have something else to offer your audience.

I don’t do nothing to disrespect the fans.

When Aventura began, there was a lot of salsa and merengue, and we said, ‘Let’s just do what we do.’ Then Aventura blew up, but urban was in its prime.

My first meal when I wake up is five boiled eggs, egg whites, and a slice of whole wheat bread.

I always had a passion for writing, but I always visualized other artist singing my lyrics, I never visualized myself.

I believe that if each one of us have successful solo careers, it can only help the group’s growth. It will allow the fans to see individual talent and make them appreciate us more. After all, we are in this for the long run and have every intention of returning with another album as Aventura.

My love life is good, and I feel like part of what’s made it good is not talking about it.

My dad is Dominican, my mother’s Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you’re cool.

I always want people to expect the unexpected, to hear me in records that have nothing to do with bachata. ‘Golden’ is the golden opportunity for them to appreciate me on other records.

If you ask me what’s Aventura’s forte, I’ll obviously say its capacity to deliver hits.

Every time I’m preparing a new production, I’m trying to reinvent my style and offer the audience several choices.

I never think about any of my accomplishments and I always get butterflies in my stomach and I never get too comfortable with the status.

I was extremely shy. I am still shy, but I won’t show it on stage.

You can have the best product, but if you don’t have a plan – a label pushing it, the support of a network – you can’t make it big with a product. It’s all about distribution.

I’m a huge salsa fan. I actually have a salsa on my album, ‘Formula Vol. 2,’ featuring Marc Anthony.

I go on stage for hours, and I like to give it my all.

I think that every song has to be like it could be the biggest hit of my album.

When I get on stage, I try to win my pay: to please and that people leave satisfied… being seductive has given me good results.

Usher is so innovative – he’s a great performer, a great entertainer.

I want to sell music. That’s all I’m interested in selling.

I just want people to know me.

People know me for my work with Aventura, and for that, I am grateful.

I grew up in a neighborhood that had a lot of things to offer, good and bad.

I don’t enjoy hearing myself talk.

I started singing one day along with my cousin, and I didn’t take it too seriously. The people started telling me, ‘Hey, you have a nice voice.’ and I was like, ‘Really?’

This Romeo character is something I decided to create, like my alter ego. So the name Romeo was invented from the original Romeo and Juliet. I wanted to show people I’m like a modern Romeo.

You see a lot of talented people, but you usually don’t see talented people who, behind the scenes, know how to conduct themselves on a higher level.

I like my music to be like a buffet. If you don’t like this plate, there’s another one for you.

‘Despacito’ is phenomenal; you can’t really chase that type of success. I’m a huge fan of the record, the original, and then when the remix came out, I said, ‘Oh my God, it just got greater!’

When I sing, I try to communicate certain emotions, and that’s the voice that comes out.

When I begin working on a production, I don’t really think about my previous album or albums. I try to have a real creative process.

When I was doing ‘Formula Volume 1,’ I had so many ideas that I knew one album was not going to be enough.

I think people look at me different when they see I’m dressed well. They pay attention. They know I’m about something.

I will drink alcohol socially. That’s really on the weekends.

I want to try different things but, most importantly, always be true to my roots and keep it organic. I’m never going to leave bachata behind. I’m always going to be a bachatero first.

I really just compete against myself. I look at my previous material and try to surpass what I’ve done.

Growing up, I was always trying to catch a great show. And that’s where I learned an artist gets respect. That’s what makes people talk.

I think marriage works for some people, but I just don’t think it could work for me. I don’t see it.

I don’t tweet very much. I still believe in the mystery of an artist. I believe in going out when I’m ready to sell my product. A lot of artists are out there every day. But I remember the Julio Iglesiases, the Jose Joses – and it was about the music.

I don’t like my voice, and I don’t enjoy my singing voice; I do what I do to bring pleasure and diversion to the fans.

Part of my success with urban bachata is reinventing yourself as an artist and continuing to give people different kind of fusions, mixing up the elements and concepts without changing the beat.

I’m always onstage, and everyone there already loves me, so I go with this certain confidence.

I love not only the chubby ones, but also the skinny ones, black hair, the blondes… when I get up the stage, I give myself completely.

I don’t like planning what am I gonna say to the crowd. Sometimes the show takes a whole different twist.

I grew up listening to bachata, to some of the greats of the genre. But it was very natural for me to create this type of fusion and to incorporate new beats.

This song ‘All Aboard,’ that tune allowed me to expand and kind of offer my audience something totally different because it’s not bachata – I’m singing English, and that was really fun.

If I’m performing in the United States, I’m able to speak Spanglish, and the crowd comprehends. If I’m in the Dominican Republic or Puerto Rico, then I’m completely Spanish. I feel like a New Yorker that represents all Latinos.

I know what it is to be out entertaining millions and yet wanting to be home because you miss your loved ones.

Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can’t close that door.

That’s my goal: to get the world to know who Romeo Santos is. His music. My music. Even if they don’t like it, I want them to know who I am.

I think marriage can sometimes turn things into a business. It stops being about feelings.

I think you have a crossover when you are known to a wider audience and a different market. I’ve been able to sell out stadiums all over the world by doing my music. I’m lucky to be in that list without having done an official crossover. Now, will you hear me doing a little bit of R&B? Sure.

In bachata, you had these guys that used to wear suits and had a really traditional style. We looked different. Baggy jeans. We had the Spanglish going on, and I knew that was going to work to our advantage.

When I get on the stage, I try to connect with the fans and offer them the best of the best. I want them to see it as a music journey.

I’ve always loved acting, and I do respect the craft.

I’m reaching a huge audience. I’m doing what artists like Beyonce are doing in terms of selling out stadiums. The difference is my audience speaks Spanish.

One day, my father brings a cassette. He’s showing me this, and he’s like, ‘Look at this guy, his name is Anthony Santos, like you.’ I popped it on and started hearing the songs, the music, and I was like, ‘Wow, this sounds great.’

I’ve been so private. That’s part of the reason they’ve said, ‘Is Romeo gay?’ No. I just don’t want to show you my girl – if I got a girl.

It’s really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here – a lot of them can’t even speak our language.

My life is nothing like my videos. I’m definitely not walking around with lots of hot women, as I am in my videos.

My biggest tunes – ‘Eres Mia,’ ‘Llevame Contigo,’ ‘Propuesta Indecente’ – they aren’t featuring anyone but me.

I’ve got a superstar like Usher singing bachata, a tune featuring Lil Wayne. I’m offering people more than just bachata. That captures a new audience that would listen to bachata because Usher is singing.

I definitely need a girl that has a good sense of humor because there are some girls that are just very uptight.