At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.

My style of singing is very much Latin jazz meets Latin and a little bit of rhythm and blues. When I do ballads, my fans love it. They want to listen to my classics. They want to party.

I used to be so embarrassed by salsa; I wasn't into it.

I don't do anything just 'cause nothing else is happening, or for money.

I love everything from country to alternative to Blink-182 and '90s music to Dave Matthews.

I loved singing rock-and-roll, jazz, anything on radio, anything commercial. I was able to do anything, but I didn't know what direction to go in.