Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Spanish musician Enrique Iglesias.
Last updated on November 10, 2024.
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler is a Spanish singer and songwriter. He started his recording career in the mid-1990s on the Mexican indie label Fonovisa and became the bestselling Spanish-language act of the decade. By the turn of the millennium, he made a successful crossover into the mainstream English-language market. He signed a multi-album deal with Universal Music Group for US$68 million with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope Records to release English albums.
The way I look at it, I'd rather make my own mistakes than have people make them for me.
Yeah, exactly, you can talk about politics in music, you can talk about something else, but that's always going to change, and love is never going to change.
I really want to fall in love.
The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychological roller coaster they're going to have to ride. That's the hard work.
I'm so proud of who I am and where I come from and who my father is.
My motivations are thinking I can write better songs, that the concerts can be better.
My tennis skills are okay.
Yes, I have made a woman cry.
If they would have told me when I was just 18 that I was going to have a career that would last so long, I'd have said it was impossible, that it was crazy that that could happen in my life, so I'm happy to be here. To be able to go out on stage every day.
Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world.
My best personality trait that I think I'm very approachable. And my worst is that I can be moody.
I don't sleep much. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I'm a bit of an insomniac but, when I fall asleep, I don't ever want to wake up.
I wouldn't change anything. I've made mistakes, but thanks to those mistakes, I've learned.
I don't care what people say. My music's, my music.
I've worked a lot during the night. But I don't sleep in the day either.
My inspiration are the woman, friendship, and loneliness.
I love what I do, and I think I've appreciated it more throughout the years, but just to keep on traveling, keep on doing shows, and hopefully making better albums. That's always my goal.
The only thing I have no control over is the politics that goes on within the record company. It's always been the same, but it's far tougher now, because record companies are run by financial people; before, they were run by creative people.
I'm a good person, but with many defects.
I am really passionate about sports in general - especially water sports.
I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.
I always respect a woman.
I mean, if you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music.
As an artist, I've been very fortunate.
I'm quite grounded.
Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world.
If you're buying an album because of the face on it, you're stupid.
I was happier before, when I lead a normal life.
I prefer love over sex.
And people coming up asking for autographs, there's only one time when it kind of bothers me: when I'm eating.
I go from English to Spanish, and I feel I have some cool songs.
When I'm in love, I wake up happy.
The power of music in Spanish is so strong, that I couldn't stay away from it any longer.
I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.
There hasn't been one moment in my career where I felt I didn't have any control over the creative aspects of my records.
Love is one of my main inspirations.
I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.
There are days that I wake up and I complain, and when I complain I pinch myself and say, 'that's for complaining.' Not many people can do what they really like in life.
We all feel love, and that might sound kind of corny, but I really feel that's what joins musicians together around the world.
If you come from Spain, you have to play football.
I believe in the institution loyalty and love, to stay with someone in good and hard times. I don't think a piece of paper or anything else can force you to do that. For many people get marry is super important, for me, the important thing is finding someone.
I'm a terrible dancer! I dance like a guy who is trying to dance.
I want to clarify it: I'm not against marriage, marriage is great if you want to get married. A lot of my friends are happily married. I don't think walking down the aisle and [having] a legal document can make a difference. That doesn't mean you love someone more or you respect them more - you can be with someone perfectly well without being married.
It's the one thing we can all relate to no matter what religion, what color, what nationality: we can all relate to sex and love.
Really, the F word in a song - it should be the least of the worries of parents these days.
It was good, it was bad. But it was real, and that's all you have.
Sex and Love are two words that anyone can relate to, no matter the nationality or age.
The power of music in Spanish is so strong that I couldn't stay away from it any longer.
I don't care what people say. My music's my music.
Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be.
If permanent happiness comes with someone, Id leave everything.
I can be you hero baby.
I can kiss away the pain.
I will stand by you forever.
You can take my breath away
If you can't,can't be yourself what are you living for? If you can't, can't be yourself you're gonna lose it all
One person cannot change the world. But you can become the world for someone. A warm, bright, and peaceful world. If everyone can be such a world to one person, one will become ten people, and then a hundred. The world will be full of happy people then.
A bet is a bet and I always keep my word in the bet what I do.
Would you dance, if I asked you to dance? Would you run, and never look back? Would you cry, if you saw me crying? And would you save my soul tonight?
The one thing about music is that there are no rules.
I'm not a heartthrob. I hate that word.
Actually, I never tell for whom my songs are written. It's a kind of superstition! I started writing songs for not having the courage to say certain things in people's faces and started to put these feelings on paper... Over the years, became a mania and then I never talk about for whom they are made.
My relationships have been well publicised in the past but I am just a normal guy, really.