Pitbull, Born: 14 January 1981, Miami, Florida, USA

I'm taking a lot of freestyle music and flipping it.

I think of fans like a barbershop. I want that debate.

I'm no longer an artist, I'm a business partner.

This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.

I feel like I've been fighting in music and creating new ways and new opportunities to make things w...Show more »

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. Show less «

You can't get much whiter than me.

I'm in the major league now.

I already had three strikes against me. One, I have light skin. Two, I'm from Miami, which wasn't ge...Show more »

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. Show less «

Every time I reach a new audience, that means I'm doing something right.

I'm definitely someone who enjoys life and wakes up with a ball of energy.

I work hard. But I play hard, too.

Look, Pitbull is a product.

I look at this game from a different perspective.

I don't agree when the USA, that lives by a constitution, says, OK, just because you look this way, ...Show more »

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. Show less «

One night I'll be in Los Angeles and it'll be a Latin crowd, and then another night I'll go to Fresn...Show more »

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. Show less «

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...Show more »

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. Show less «

I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cuba's the bigg...Show more »

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. Show less «

Any time I see anything moving onstage, I'm cautious about it.

Music to me is something I did as a hobby.

When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.

I make music with no boundaries.

I'm taking all the negatives in my life, and turning them into a positive.

I'm here to entertain.

I grew up around salsa, merengue, bachata, bass music, freestyle, hip-hop, techno, house, rave.

Music is my hustle.

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.

My kids can't eat awards.

As Americans, which I suffer from myself, we have ADD.

I like to keep my money at the end of the day.

The people in Cuba, they know what I stand for, and there's a lot of people in Cuba that stand for t...Show more »

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. Show less «

It's all about music, because music is basically what's... been my avenue out of maybe being involve...Show more »

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. Show less «

In any country when you throw something in somebody's face, it's disrespectful.