"Being Ricky Martin back then and what I was feeling were not compatible…I was the sex symbol and I needed to dance and I needed to make girls crazy and I couldn't say that I was gay. It was a struggle."

“I won’t stop singing in Spanish…It’s my mother tongue. important to let people know more about Latin culture and exchange a little bit — it’s what I’ve been doing for seven years, since I released my first solo album.”

“…the most uncomfortable and saddest times of my life. I thought my emotions were evil because that’s what they told me. You’re not supposed to feel like this.”

““I”m in the spotlight, fantasize about me however you want to…”

“Superman has got nothing on me because my kids gave me that perspective…They don’t know what they did for me. Maybe they’ll find out now and will read about it when they are big. They’ll understand what they did for me. If they gave up their piggy bank, then I have to give mine.”

““One thing I want to do with my music is to let people know the importance of feeling good about themselves!”