I’ve never been able to witness the birth of an idea. It seems as if one second, there’s nothing particularly going on, and the next second, something is there. It’s coming up out of my unconscious, up from places that I don’t even know where they are.

When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‚Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.‘

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

My favorite literary heroine is Jo March. It is hard to overstate what she meant to a small, plain girl called Jo, who had a hot temper and a burning ambition to be a writer.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

I want people to follow their dreams, yes… but I’m not interested in telling young black kids how to be rappers… I want to show them that there’s so many other paths you can take, besides a rapper or basketball player.

Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.

I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.

To me, the most important artists in my career are Arcangel and Balvin. Arcangel gave me the push, the respect in the streets.

I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don’t think they’re doing art but are merely practicing a craft and working as good craftsmen. Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.

I think sometimes – not always – I write songs that are accessible.

There’s an ecstatic side to writing. It’s like jazz. It just has a life.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

Sometimes I think that there’s a fine line between impressionistic and messy.

Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I’ve had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

I’m thrilled to have Corona join me on my ‚X100PRE‘ Tour to give my fans a taste of Corona Estereo Beach and showcase their support of Latin music. It’s not solely about the music – it’s about the culture, creativity, and contributing to the movement that connects us all together.

We have one planet in our solar system that’s habitable, and that’s the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things.

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

You see things; and you say ‚Why?‘ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‚Why not?‘

Then, when I’m in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it’s all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.

I’m a painter in sound.

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I’m only really alive when I’m writing.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

If there’s not drama and negativity in my life, all my songs will be really wack and boring or something.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

I’ve done many ads because that’s my new career. It’s an inspiring extension for my mind.

It’s a representation of yourself, and you can express a lot of your creativity with what your wearing.

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

I became interested in folk music because I had to make it somehow.

The eagle has no fear of adversity. We need to be like the eagle and have a fearless spirit of a conqueror!

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

I can make something magical and wonderful out of nothing.

One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.

But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it’s all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can’t change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.

Art raises its head where creeds relax.

I do love being in my studio. Especially at night.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

When I’m 40 and nobody wants to see me in a sparkly dress anymore, I’ll be like: ‚Cool, I’ll just go in the studio and write songs for kids.‘

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?

I think kids are natural actors. You watch most kids; if they don’t have a toy, they’ll pick up a stick and make a toy out of it. Kids will daydream all the time.

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you’re working with; otherwise, you’re not gonna come out with something that’s really you.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

I need drama in my life to keep making music.