I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn. I'm young. I have a lot to learn.

That was the first song I heard from another writer when we first started to listen to outside songs,

The transition to the United States was very interesting. I learned the language. I kind of got into the R&B. I'm a huge fan of the '80s, Journey and all that fun stuff. But when I moved to Orlando, it was more like Boyz II Men.

I am 100% proud Puerto Rican but have lived two-thirds of my life in the United States. So, there will be some things I write in English, but my main way of conversing with my audience is in Spanish because, at the end of the day, I'm a Latino.

Ricky Martin just kind of opened a big door, but it's always been around. Latin artists have always been there, but some of them were never doing it in the U.S.

We're both on the same wavelength, in the sense that he's done other types of records ... a little different from what I do. That's what I wanted from him, to kind of take alternate routes in different songs.