Quotes By Enrique Iglesias

I'm a good person, but with many defects.

I care about politics just like any other citizen. I'm against the war in Iraq, or any type of war.

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.

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.

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.

My inspiration are the woman, friendship, and loneliness.

Love is one of my main inspirations.

We all feel love, and that might sound kind of corny, but I really feel that's what joins musicians together around the world.

Realistically, English is a universal language; it's the number one language for music and for communicating with the rest of the world.

The power of music in Spanish is so strong, that I couldn't stay away from it any longer.

I'm so proud of who I am and where I come from and who my father is.

And people coming up asking for autographs, there's only one time when it kind of bothers me: when I'm eating.

Yes, I have made a woman cry.

I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.

If you're buying an album because of the face on it, you're stupid.

I'm very romantic.

I was happier before, when I lead a normal life.

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.

Being anxious is the worst feeling in the world.

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'm quite grounded.

I really want to fall in love.

I wouldn't change anything. I've made mistakes, but thanks to those mistakes, I've learned.

I always respect a woman.

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.

I prefer love over sex.

I don't care what people say. My music's, my music.

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.

My motivations are thinking I can write better songs, that the concerts can be better.

When I'm in love, I wake up happy.