Every time I reach a new audience, that means I'm doing something right.
I'm in the major league now.
I don't agree when the USA, that lives by a constitution, says, OK, just because you look this way, we're going to ask you for your documentation, or you gotta go back to your country.
It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involved in things I shouldn't be.
I'm here to entertain.
You can't get much whiter than me.
Music is my hustle.
This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.
Look, Pitbull is a product.
I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cuba's the biggest prison in the world, and I would be very hypocritical were I to perform there.
I like to keep my money at the end of the day.
One night I'll be in Los Angeles and it'll be a Latin crowd, and then another night I'll go to Fresno and it'll be an all-black crowd. To me, that's the beauty of the music.
I think of fans like a barbershop. I want that debate.
My kids can't eat awards.
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave.
I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I'm from Miami, which wasn't getting looked at at the time. Three, I'm Cuban. But now, I've made everything that stacked against me into a virtue.
I work hard. But I play hard, too.
I'm no longer an artist, I'm a business partner.
My owner is life and that's what I fight for.
I feel like I've been fighting in music and creating new ways and new opportunities to make things work even when people thought it wouldn't.
I'm definitely someone who enjoys life and wakes up with a ball of energy.
In any country when you throw something in somebody's face, it's disrespectful.
I look at this game from a different perspective.
I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.
If you continue to work hard, let that be the fuel to your fire.
With all the negativity going on in the world right now, people need an escape. When you give them a hit record or a great record, it allows them to escape for at least three to four minutes. They're not thinking bills or economy or immigration or war when you create that kind of ambiance.
