Quotes by J Balvin - Page 2

For 10 years, I was my own label, my own promoter, my own PR. We borrowed money to print our CDs.
J Balvin /
Borrowed
Cds
My Own
Print
Money Own My Own
Label
Money My Own Own
Promoter
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I want mainstream artists to accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English.
J Balvin /
Latino
Equals
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I want to change the perception about Latinos worldwide. I think people don't know yet how cool we are.
J Balvin /
Cool
Perception
Change People Know
Latinos
Worldwide
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I love Bad Bunny. He's changing the game. I think he's doing something very important with his success.
J Balvin /
Bunny
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We are making music for the human race, and even beings from other galaxies are welcome to vibe with us.
J Balvin /
Human Race
Welcome
Galaxies
Vibe
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We want to change to point of view about Latinos in the world and Colombians. Forget about the bad past.
J Balvin /
Point Of View
Latinos
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I just work with people that I love and respect, that inspire me to be a better person, a better artist.
J Balvin /
Better Person
Inspire
Love Work Respect
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I moved to Oklahoma to learn English when I was 16 years old from Colombia for six months; then I moved to New York.
J Balvin /
New York
Colombia
Months
Moved
Oklahoma
Six
Years
English
Learn
York
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Thanks to social media, we've also been able to show ourselves as we are. In the end, masks are useless. You have to be real.
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Able
Media
Real
Social
Social Media
Thanks
Useless
Also
Be Real
Show
In The End
Masks
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I like to change and switch it up. I don't want to sound like anybody else or sound the same. I always have to reinvent myself.
J Balvin /
Change Myself Always
Anybody Else
Reinvent
Switch
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I obviously work really hard. But I also have the capacity to dream really big and have the discipline to materialize those dreams.
J Balvin /
Capacity
Discipline
Materialize
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We are proving that Latinos have the power to connect with an audience on a global level without having to leave our identity behind.
J Balvin /
Identity
Connect
Latinos
Proving
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'Mi Gente' is a song that embodies a special moment in music - a new sound of a Latino culture on the rise and being embraced globally.
J Balvin /
Latino
Song
Special
Rise
Embodies
Globally
Moment
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Let's be honest, 'Ginza' doesn't really have lyrics to speak of. It's a party track - a party for reggaetoneros to come out of the closet.
J Balvin /
Closet
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By erasing barriers of races, colors, continents, genres, or languages, we can achieve the whole world moving their head to the same beat.
J Balvin /
Achieve
Barriers
Continents
Moving
Beat
Languages
Colors
Genres
Head
Races
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When you see a movie, they always put the Latino on the bad side or in a tacky way. It's not like that. Latinos are shining like a diamond.
J Balvin /
Diamond
Latino
Shining
Tacky
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I'm gonna be real everywhere I go, but I'm with my people, I'm connected to my roots - I'm in my country! I don't need to live somewhere else.
J Balvin /
Connected
Roots
Somewhere Else
Everywhere
Be Real
Somewhere
Country People Live
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Basically, I just want to talk about love and how it can overcome boundaries. I want to discuss those more universal beliefs, not more politicized ideas.
J Balvin /
Boundaries
Overcome
Beliefs
Discuss
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I'd want to start being a creative director of a specific line, like Adidas, for example. If they called me up to collaborate on something, I would do it.
J Balvin /
Example
For Example
Specific
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I think it's important to show people, especially young people, that it's okay to have a personality. And that they can express themselves however they like.
J Balvin /
Show People
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Part of what we did is change that misconception that reggaeton is machista and misogynist. On the contrary, women are our biggest fans, and they inspire us.
J Balvin /
Contrary
Inspire
Misconception
On The Contrary
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I pay a lot of attention to the people I let surround me. I learn something from those people and from everyone - from other musicians, from people on the street.
J Balvin /
Surround
Me Street People
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Reggaeton is what opened the doors for me, and I'm always grateful for that. I'll do reggaeton for life, but I want to show that I'm an artist who can do everything.
J Balvin /
Doors
Life Always Me
Life Me Grateful
Opened
The Doors
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I see myself like what Drake did in the game. I came with melodies and different lyrics, from a different place - reggaeton is from Puerto Rico; Drake is from Canada.
J Balvin /
Canada
Puerto Rico
Rico
Myself Game See
Did
Game
Drake
Came
Place
Melodies
Puerto
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When I was, like, 12, I remember grabbing a mic, pretending it was a guitar, and performing in front of my friends. I didn't know at the time I wanted to be an artist.
J Balvin /
Grabbing
Mic
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The only way I'm not going to follow other people in reggaeton is if I listen to other things. I get other melodies or sounds and put them in reggaeton and make it different.
J Balvin /
Melodies
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I invite you to get out of the box, be yourself. If you have blue hair, pink, yellow; if you have a broken tooth; if you have other sexual preferences... be yourself. Fight for your happiness always.
J Balvin /
Happiness
Blue
Broken
Yellow
Box
Be Yourself
Fight
Sexual
Invite
Pink
Preferences
Tooth
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In 2017, it's discouraging that it seems like we're going backward. And that's not just because of Trump; that's because we, as humans, condone discrimination; it's a human issue. It's part of something bigger.
J Balvin /
Bigger
Discouraging
Humans
Trump
Backward
Condone
Issue
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Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible.
J Balvin /
Inspiring
Beyonce
Latino
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When I would go to the barrio, people saw me as a rich person, but when I'm around rich people, they see me as someone from the ghetto. It's all perceptions. I like moving between worlds. I feel equally comfortable in both.
J Balvin /
Comfortable
Ghetto
Moving
Rich
Rich People
Rich Person
Me People Feel
Around
Between
Both
Me People Rich
Equally
Me Rich People
Saw
Perceptions
Worlds
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To tell you the truth, I used an Instagram filter called Ginza to share a snippet of the song - I simply left the name in the caption in case anyone wanted to use the same filter. But everyone started calling the song 'Ginza.'
J Balvin /
Calling
Caption
Instagram
Left
Share
Song
Used
Wanted
Anyone
Case
Simply
Filter
Tell
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Mexico is a Latin powerhouse. And Mexicans, they're known as hard workers. Here in the U.S., not everybody wants to do those kinds of jobs. I've lived. I know what it feels like and what they go through and how families suffer.
J Balvin /
Feels
Latin
Mexico
Workers
Know Hard How
Families
Mexicans
Powerhouse
Suffer
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Even though you don't understand what I'm saying, you are going to really feel it. The same thing happened to me when I used to listen to English music. I didn't even understand one word. You know? But it just makes me feel great.
J Balvin /
Happened
One Word
English
Music Great Me
Listen
Word
Same Thing
Saying
Though
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Every performance has provided a learning experience, and as we go, we keep fine-tuning the shows. If we decide to do a tour, we rehearse until we perfect. One thing that I do prior to every show is that we huddle the band and pray. We thank more than we ask.
J Balvin /
Learning Experience
Pray
Performance
Prior
Provided
Rehearse
Thank
Tour
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As long as I keep it real, I learn something from everyone. And when you view yourself as a student and not as somebody who's bigger, there is still learning that can be done every day, and that keeps you open-minded and more ready to learn about life and love.
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Bigger
Done
Long
Open Minded
Ready
Real
Life Love Learning
Somebody
Everyone
Student
Every Day
Still
Learn
View
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I want to invite the mainstream into my world and to my sound and to what I'm doing. And I want mainstream artists to respect me and accept Latino artists as equals without us having to sing in English. I want them to know that I can compete globally, with whomever, in Spanish.
J Balvin /
Latino
Mainstream
Accept
Respect World Me
Artists
English
Compete
Equals
Globally
Invite
Spanish
Whomever
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I want to take it really far in Spanish; even non-Spanish speakers listen to my music across the world. Even though they don't know what I'm saying, they really feel it. We want to take it to another level and keep building our name. We want to take it really far just in Spanish.
J Balvin /
Speakers
Spanish
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I'm honored and thankful to be partnering with the prestigious CFDA as one of the men's wear ambassadors for fashion week. My interest in fashion is only matched by my love for music, and I'm blessed to be given an opportunity to learn about some of my favorite designers from a firsthand look at their latest collections.
J Balvin /
Thankful
Collections
Honored
Matched
Prestigious
Love Men Music
Ambassador
Firsthand
Latest
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'Donde Estaras,' it is like a classic reggaeton, and we just added some Southern spice to bring it to 2018. But I wanted to go back to the roots of reggaeton, that type of reggaeton that makes you just feel good. You don't know what we are saying but that OK because 'Donde Estas' is where are you at but 'Donde Estaras' is where are you going to be.
J Balvin /
Classic
Feel Good
Roots
Good Feel Good Feel
Added
Spice
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