I'm definitely someone who enjoys life and wakes up with a ball of energy.
I'm definitely someone who enjoys life and wakes up with a ball of energy.
I'm here to entertain.
I'm here to entertain.
I like to keep my money at the end of the day.
I like to keep my money at the end of the day.
I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cuba's the bigg...
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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.
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I make music with no boundaries.
I make music with no boundaries.
In any country when you throw something in somebody's face, it's disrespectful.
In any country when you throw something in somebody's face, it's disrespectful.
Donald Trump, ten cuidado con El Chapo, papo! (Donald Trump, watch out for El Chapo, dude!)
Donald Trump, ten cuidado con El Chapo, papo! (Donald Trump, watch out for El Chapo, dude!)
If you continue to work hard, let that be the fuel to your fire.
If you continue to work hard, let that be the fuel to your fire.
It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involve...
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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.
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I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.
I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.
I'm taking a lot of freestyle music and flipping it.
I'm taking a lot of freestyle music and flipping it.
I look at this game from a different perspective.
I look at this game from a different perspective.
This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.
This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.
Any time I see anything moving onstage, I'm cautious about it.
Any time I see anything moving onstage, I'm cautious about it.
Music is my hustle.
Music is my hustle.
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave.
I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave.
Look, Pitbull is a product.
Look, Pitbull is a product.
One night I'll be in Los Angeles and it'll be a Latin crowd, and then another night I'll go to Fresn...
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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.
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I think of fans like a barbershop. I want that debate.
I think of fans like a barbershop. I want that debate.
I'm no longer an artist, I'm a business partner.
I'm no longer an artist, I'm a business partner.
My owner is life and that's what I fight for.
My owner is life and that's what I fight for.
With all the negativity going on in the world right now, people need an escape. When you give them a...
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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.
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The people in Cuba, they know what I stand for, and there's a lot of people in Cuba that stand for t...
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The people in Cuba, they know what I stand for, and there's a lot of people in Cuba that stand for the same. But they can't say it.
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I don't agree when the USA, that lives by a constitution, says, OK, just because you look this way, ...
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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.
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Music to me is something I did as a hobby.
Music to me is something I did as a hobby.
My kids can't eat awards.
My kids can't eat awards.
I'm in the major league now.
I'm in the major league now.
When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.
When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.
I feel like I've been fighting in music and creating new ways and new opportunities to make things w...
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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.
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I work hard. But I play hard, too.
I work hard. But I play hard, too.
I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I'm from Miami, which wasn't ge...
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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.
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You can't get much whiter than me.
You can't get much whiter than me.
Every time I reach a new audience, that means I'm doing something right.
Every time I reach a new audience, that means I'm doing something right.
As Americans, which I suffer from myself, we have ADD.
As Americans, which I suffer from myself, we have ADD.
