Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quotes. Show all posts

Sunday, March 04, 2012

Enrique Iglesias Quote : Among Best 10 Celebrity Quotes.

"I need to get my Brazilian wax before I do it."
            – Enrique Iglesias, on water skiing naked for losing a World Cup bet !

Enrique Iglesias interview : Parade Magazine (March 3, 2012) : Enrique Iglesias on Love, Fame & how Fans can make an Impression

ENRIQUE IGLESIAS ON LOVE, FAME AND HOW FANS CAN MAKE AN IMPRESSION !
"I shouldn’t say this, but I bought my plane before I had a [pilot’s] license,” Enrique Iglesias says conspiratorially. “I was like that kid the Barefoot Bandit. He didn’t know how to fly, but because he loved planes, he did it anyway.” 
The singer’s bravado has served him well. After helping to launch the Latin music boom with sultry ballads, Iglesias, 36, is now one of dance music’s chief provocateurs, with hits like “Tonight (I’m Lovin’ You).” The high-flying star, whose latest album is Euphoria, tells Mary Margaret what keeps him grounded.

PARADE : You spent much of last year touring the world. Did you take any keepsakes with you?
ENRIQUE : I have a picture of my two dogs, Lucas and Grammy. Grammy passed away in 2010. That dog was like a human—he would get sad when I packed my bags. It was like losing one of my best friends.

PARADE : A lot of your songs are about love. Why?
ENRIQUE : It’s the thing we all have in common. Ninety percent of music tackles that subject because everyone—no matter how old, what religion, or what nationality—knows those feelings.

PARADE : Speaking of love, you introduced longtime girlfriend Anna Kournikova as your wife at a concert in Russia last year. What was that about?
ENRIQUE : It was just meant to be sweet in the moment. I honestly didn’t mean to confuse people. I thought it’d be easier for the audience to understand than if I said “my girl.”

PARADE : So no wedding bells soon?
ENRIQUE : I’ve never really thought marriage would make a difference. Maybe it’s because I come from divorced parents, but I don’t think you love someone more because of a piece of paper. And nowadays, it’s not taboo to have kids and not be married. What makes a difference is that you’re a good parent, period.

PARADE : What did you learn about fame from observing your father Julio’s career?
ENRIQUE : I remember there were these two guys who worked with him who would never even watch his show, but afterward they were at his dressing room saying, “Man, that’s the best show I’ve ever seen you do.” In showbiz, it’s easy to be surrounded by people who tell you everything is great, and as a little kid, I developed a sixth sense about those people. It gave me a tremendous psychological advantage.

PARADE : You grew up in Miami and still live there. What do you love about it?
ENRIQUE : People always think of the partying and the clubs on South Beach, but it has a tranquil side, too. It’s a city where you can truly enjoy the water, get on your boat and just go fishing. And the water’s not cold!

PARADE : How do you spend Sundays when you’re home?
ENRIQUE : I sit on the couch and watch TV. 60 Minutes is my favorite show. It’s kinda weird because I go from that to American Idol to Real Time With Bill Maher.

PARADE : You like to go to the movies on Mondays and Tuesdays. Why is that?
ENRIQUE : It’s the best time: There are no lines, and you’re not sitting next to someone who’s snoring.

PARADE : What’s the craziest thing a fan has done to get your attention?
ENRIQUE : Sometimes you’ll see a shirt fly off. That will get not only my attention, but the whole band’s.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

On Girls Being Ditched

Enrique Iglesias on:girls being ditched and dying alone...

It should be all too easy to loathe swivel-hipped Enrique Iglesias.
Tall, impossibly good-looking, rich and dating one of the world's most beautiful women,
he's had his cake, eaten it and rubbed it all over your face.
Girlfriend Anna Kournikova aside, Enrique has been absurdly successful,
with more No 1s than The Beatles while selling more than 50 million albums worldwide.
Indeed, all right-minded men should hate him. But the sickening truth is that Enrique,
the son of legendary crooner Julio, is horribly likeable.
Despite being a hot-blooded Spaniard whose father famously
boasted of sleeping with 3,000 women, he's no Russell Brand.


• "I learned all I know about women from my dad," he says.

• "He had a lot of girlfriends. But I figured out that sleeping with thousands of women wasn't the way I wanted to live my life.

• "I don't think it's bad, it's just not for me. At the age of 33, that would have been a new girl every other day. No thanks."

• He adds, smiling: "To be honest, I think my dad was bulls**tting anyway. I don't believe he slept with anything like that many.

• "Anyway, Anna is a thousand times better-looking than I am. When we're out together, people only look at her. I don't mind.

• "For me, it was a lot easier with women after I had a hit record. I used to go to clubs and, I swear, not one person would turn around, not one girl. I had to do all the hard work.

• "Then, when I was on television, they were picking me up. That's the reality of showbiz. I had a lovely time. As long as you only date groupies, not marry them, it's fine.

• "I still think the attention is fabulous. But I don't cheat on my girlfriend. I'd never want to be in an open relationship. And Anna is not the kind of girl to put up with that s**t."
Enrique is nothing if not laid-back.
Two girls recently claimed to have had flings with Enrique while he was with Anna,
but he dismisses these with typical good humour.


• "I think it's great that I've slept with girls I've not even met," he says, chuckling. "One was a Kylie Minogue body double. Apparently we were watching telly in my hotel room.

• "Another said I'd given her a carpet burn on her back which won't tan properly and it reminds her of me.

• "Hilarious. I never even saw these girls.

• "Luckily, Anna's not a jealous girl. She's cool and she's tough.

• But I would never play away. She'd kick my a**e."


They've been together six years, ever since tennis star Anna, 27, appeared in one of his pop videos.
But for a clearly smitten, often rather soppy 33-year-old man who calls the long-legged Russian "the love of my life", he remains remarkably reticent about their future.


• "Life goes by so fast," he says solemnly. "My 20s were a blur. I want to enjoy the good moments.
They could involve marriage and kids, but not yet.

• "My grandfather had a baby when he was 92. Now there was a man who knew how to live.

• "Anna's clock may be ticking but I don't think she's ready for kids either. We talked about it all one day and she said that she wouldn't marry me. And she meant it. She said I'm probably just a guy she wants to date for a few years, then she'll leave me. I'm cool with that.

• "Obviously I'm with her because she's my dream woman. But if she left me tomorrow, what am I going to do? She would have no trouble finding the guy she wants to marry."

• He adds: "People break up all the time. The reality is people get married, think it's going to be for ever, then they get divorced."
Enrique is understandably mindful of his parents, who divorced when he was just three.

• "My father was a singer and had to make a choice - his family or his career. He picked his career, which funnily enough I always understood. It didn't bother me.

• "Yes, it was a selfish choice but sometimes you've got to help yourself before you help others.

• "My parents did a great job. Could my dad have been a lot more with his kids? Yes, but it didn't make me a worse person. It didn't affect me in any negative way. " He says it matter-of-factly, without rancour. But there is no doubt that the family break-up left him with a blinkered view of commitment.

• "I'm happy and in love now " he says. "But I see myself dying alone on some Florida beach, surfing. I've always liked being on my own. I think more clearly. An athlete's performance suffers the minute he gets a girlfriend. The same is true of a singer.

• "Even if Anna and I were to have children, I wouldn't think marriage was that important. And even if we did get married, I'd do it in a drive-through in Vegas. But Anna wouldn't marry someone like me, even if I try."

• He's a funny old soul is Enrique.
One moment he's cooing: "Love is lust that lasts and develops into trust and friendship." Then he adds, winking: "Yeah, I know. Convincing bulls**t."

• For a man who made his name churning out sentimental ballads, he's rather more maudlin than one would expect. "It's like with comedians," he says. "You watch them on TV and you think they're going to be funny, 24 hours a day. But a lot of them are depressives.

• "The same is true of someone like me. When I write a sensitive love song, it's about how I would like to be, not how I really am."


Today Enrique is a huge star in his own right. But as a struggling singer he grew up with big boots to fill. For years he refused to talk about his father, who he's seen twice in the last five years.
Yet Enrique has clearly stepped out of 65-year-old Julio's shadow.
When the photographer accidentally calls him Julio, he snaps, cool as you like, "It's funny how only 60-year-old men get me muddled up with my father.""
Touche: the photographer is 42.


• Enrique goes on: "I always knew it would be tough following my father. In the beginning, I was always introduced as 'the son of' and that used to p**s me off. If I'd been a flop, it would still bother me. But now I've had my share of success, I don't mind."

• "When you grow up with famous parents, there are two routes you can take - you work hard, or you behave like a spoilt brat. I took the first route. I have my father to thank as he never spoiled me.

• "And though I barely ever see him we get along. He taught me that who you surround yourself with is who you become. Surround yourself with smart people, you're going to do smart things. Surround yourself with stupid people, you're going to do stupid things."

• Presumably then, Enrique is good at tennis? "No, I don't play. But my brother took on Anna once and she thrashed him, 6-0, 6-0. I don't think he's gotten over it." He shakes his head, as if in awe.

On Love

"I'm very romantic."

"At age 13 I fell in love with my teacher."

"I really want to fall in love."

"My inspiration are the woman, friendship, and loneliness."

"Love is one of my main inspirations."

"I always respect a woman."

"Yes, I have made a woman cry."

"It surprises me what the girls are capable of doing for me."

"When you find the perfect person for your life..you shouldn't feel any insecurity."

"If permanent happiness comes with someone, I'd leave everything."

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

"When there's love there's good sex."

"I prefer love over sex."

"I'd never pay for sex."

"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 mean, if you turn on the radio, love is 90 percent of the music."

"Love is lust that lasts and develops into trust and friendship."

"Yes, and I hope that day I get married, it is forever."

On His Music

"The one thing about music is that there are no rules."

"When I make a record, I work at night,"

"I don't actually think about what kind of an album I'm going to make when I go into the studio, because that kind of limits me."

"For me, it all starts with if I can sing a song with a guitar and it still sounds good acoustically, then I'll stick it on the album."

"On my previous records, I would always start with a dozen ideas. This time, I wrote between 40 and 50 new tunes."

"But then I said to myself: 'fuck that. I don't want to take myself too seriously.' The truth is, I just want to write songs that I like. It's as simple as that.”

"I've never suffered so much making an album," says Enrique with a laugh. "It was a journey of soul searching and self discovery for me."

"I mean, lyrics are crucial, but melody - it's so much about that."

"I started singing with poor musicians but they were very talented."

"My first record contract was for three records in Spanish, and right when that was over, that was a perfect time for me to release an English album, and that's when it all happened."

"I used to travel to so many different countries with my Spanish albums, and some of them would listen to my music and some of them wouldn't, just because it was in Spanish."

"You should do whatever language you feel is the perfect language for you to sing in and then try to strive to do the best."

"I sang in English because I grew up in the States. I grew up with American influence, I grew up with American music, I went to American schools, I went to college here in the States."

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

"I say that when you sing in English, it's easier and it does open a lot more markets, but there's exceptions, and there are artists out there that have done it in Portuguese, Spanish, and French."

"I just want my albums to do something different; I don't want the prior one to sound like the new one."

"I mean, I do consider that my music is pop because I've been influenced by pop music my whole life; I grew up in the States and '80s pop music was my biggest influence."

"Not that I don't like the other songs, but I love ballads, and I think it's always a risk-taker when you come up with a ballad."

"But if it's a good song that touches people's hearts people will come see you in concert 10 years from now just to hear you sing that song."

"I mean, when you do the same thing as your father... I always want it to be better than my father as a singer."

"I've gone over a million in a half miles flying."

"The music promotion is what makes your face a pretty face."

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

"I don't think I would be a good producer, but I would like to compose for other singers, give them ideas for other projects, the problem is that I don't compose often and I don't have songs to give to others."

"you need a good production, but the essence, what makes a song timeless, is the melody, the lyric, and of course the production."

"The video for Addicted was an idea of mine, and it all came together with the genius direction of Peter Berg."

"I like being underestimated," says Enrique Iglesias. "That's what pushes me, drives me to make a great album. I keep having to prove myself."

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

On His Life

"I'm a person that knows what he wants."

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

"In school, kids never really looked at me a different way because I think it was a different generation; they didn't really know who my father was."

"And that's why for artists, no matter what your background is, no matter what religion, what nationality, or what class you come from, no matter if you're rich or poor, no matter what, that's where we all join together and where we're all similar."

"I had a normal childhood. There were women, but it wasn't like Hefner's Playboy Mansion. If it was, I'd still be living at home."

"I mean, when you do the same thing as your father... I always want it to be better than my father as a singer."

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

"But I'm never going to deny where I come from. I'm Latino, and that's obvious."

"I don't really like revealing everything about my private life."

"With the press, if it's a professional interview and I feel comfortable, I don't mind talking about my personal life."

"We're the same blood but the singing style is different."

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

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