Top 77 Quotes & Sayings by Pitbull

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Pitbull.

Last updated on November 5, 2024.

Armando Christian Pérez, known professionally by his stage name Pitbull, is an American rapper and singer. Pérez began his career in the early 2000s, recording reggaeton, Latin hip hop, and crunk music under a multitude of labels. In 2004, he released his debut album M.I.A.M.I. under TVT Records and the executive production of Lil Jon. Pitbull later released his second album, El Mariel, in 2006 and his third, The Boatlift, in 2007. His fourth album, Rebelution (2009), included his breakthrough hit single "I Know You Want Me ", which peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the UK Singles Chart.

American - Musician | Born: January 15, 1981

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I work hard. But I play hard, too.

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

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

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I'm in the major league now.

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

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

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My owner is life and that's what I fight for.

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Music is my hustle.

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

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

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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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I look at this game from a different perspective.

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I make music with no boundaries.

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You can't get much whiter than me.

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Look, Pitbull is a product.

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

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This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent.

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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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My kids can't eat awards.

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

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I'm here to entertain.

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If you continue to work hard, let that be the fuel to your fire.

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

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Music to me is something I did as a hobby.

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

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

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

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Life is to live it, not to let it live you.

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I'm not a Reggaeton artist and I'm not a Crunk artist either.

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Punish the deed, not the breed.

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I'm sharp... What the street taught me how to do is how to hustle. How to make something out of nothing.

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You cant get much whiter than me.

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There's no success without failure and no winning without losing.

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Humor is everything. Everything. Usually the negatives turned out to be the most positive for me. In the music industry, any other artist would have looked at the situation I was in and thought, "Oh man, this is not for me." I looked at it more like Darwin exploring the Galápagos Islands. You know - survival of the fittest.

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I can be a part of everything. Every movement.

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This is the truth: I'm into sales. I love deals. I'm definitely a sucker for steals.

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I always wanna be able to fight, I always wanna be able to go left when they tell me to go right, not because I'm being hard-headed, it's just me taking a creative stance. I have no problem with constructive criticism, but, at the same time, I have a problem with doin' the same thing that everybody's doin'. And that's the way I've found a way to survive in the music game.

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I started doing shows in places that I couldn't pronounce, didn't know existed, and I've seen people that didn't speak English or Spanish rapping to every lyric and singing to every hook. I said, "This is the type of music that I want to do."

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Simplicity is the key to success.

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As far as the fans, I always say it because it's the truth: without them I'm absolutely nothing.

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Don't just give me an advance. I want a percentage.

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As far as my single selections, over the years it's been a very essential part of my survival tactic, but I have no problem being able to jump on records with whoever people think is the rawest rapper in the game or number one or King or whatever they wanna name themselves, to be honest with you. It doesn't affect me, 'cause that's what I come from; I'm comfortable in that zone. But I don't wanna make hood music, I don't wanna make street music, I want to make world music, global music, international music.

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I was taught in kindergarten: sharing is caring.

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I don't understand the word 'lose', I only understand the word 'learn'

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Patience, passion and perseverance equals success.

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Pretty soon I think you'll have Republicans, Democrats and Hip Hop as a party.

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Don't be afraid to lose. Listen. And always invest in yourself.

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I've always had goals, always had visions, always had a plan, always been very strategic.

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Now look at the crowd. We’ve got everybody here tonight: Black, white, Asian, Latinos—and guess what? President Obama says we can all stay! God Bless America!

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Everything is humble and positive energy.

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I don't wanna make hood music, I don't wanna make street music, I want to make world music, global music, international music.

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Just out here workin' hard and doin' what we do best: grind, hustle, and anything possible to create new opportunities.

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Everyday above ground is a great day, remember that.

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Show the World where you're from, show the World we are one.

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