I was an arts kid in every form of the word you can imagine. I wanted to sing and dance and act - I wanted to do it all. At a very young age, I was put in performing arts schools where I got to do those things every single day.
— Jason Derulo
Four legs on a chair, to me, represent a strong foundation and always knowing where I come from.
Writing a love song when I was 19 is very different than writing a love song when I'm 25. You're more sophisticated; you can elaborate and pinpoint special things a little clearer.
There are so many amazing parts to life, so many amazing things to write about.
Zumba is a great dance-cardio option that's an immersive experience for participants and is not only effective but allows you to express yourself while getting in shape.
I'm from the Caribbean, and I love the dance hall sound.
My grandmother was a very charitable woman, and my mother grew up that way.
Songwriting is a muscle. The more you do it, the better you get at it.
My mom says I was an introvert. I never saw myself that way, but I was always focused. I didn't spend a lot of time doing things that I didn't think would make me great.
I want somebody like my mom. My mom is a very charitable woman. She's the sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for the second sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for honesty and a big heart.
I don't think I can ever escape from music.
I think that by going on the path that I am, my destiny will just come to me.
I think the biggest challenge is to continue on the same path. I think it's easy to become complacent from the success you've had.
I think any great song is difficult to write, in some aspect. It's just difficult to make somebody feel something. That is the main goal. How do you make somebody want to get up and dance? How do you make somebody feel okay after their breakup?
'Everything is four' is a phrase that has been coined before me. Four is a number of completion. Four is a number that's literally all around.
I'm the kind of person who lives my art. It's not that I want to necessarily do it: it's that I have to. It's always been that way. That's how I write songs, and it's always been this way.
When I'm in the studio, I just let it rip. That's my process. I get in the booth, and whatever is on my mind at the time, I just go off and say it.
What I love most about Zumba is that they make exercising fun and make it accessible to everyone all over the world.
Every relationship has their ups and downs, and, you know, when you start having more downs than ups, you know, you gotta take a look at your relationship and be like, you know, 'Is this something that I'm supposed to be doing?'
I'm a very normal guy. Like, I'm an average dude.
I had a lil' chub-chub moment from ages 7 to 11. If somebody was teasing, they'd go straight to my fat. I was so insecure, I kept my shirt on in the pool, which is the worst because it sticks to your stomach anyway.
I just really want to continue on the same intensity of work ethic, I don't want to slow now. I'm 21-year's old and I feel like this era and a few years to come are my prime years, so I want to utilise them.
I would love to start a cancer organization.
It's amazing when you're playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they're singing parts of your song back to you.
I've learned how much of an impact that music has on people. I get messages all the time from people telling me what my music means to them and what it has done to them.
To all my fans who planned to come to the Future History World tour, the pain of letting you down cuts me way deeper than this injury I've sustained.
Life throws curveballs.
Me personally, I think all the barriers that are put up between genres are so easily broken. People just love music that moves them.
In music, four is the number that every measure is - four by four, four beats to every measure. The number four is a sense of completion, almost.
I literally have a bowl of Jolly Ranchers sitting in my studio. You can just pop those things in. They're really amazing.
No matter what language you speak, music can relate to you in some way, and when that 'Tip Toe' beat drops, it can instantly do something to you. It has the power to move you.
I think it's important, as a human being, to help others.
The most important thing I want people to know about Haiti is the fact that we have some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and there is such an opportunity for this to be such a destination. It is not a country that is just turmoil.
I studied all kinds of dance, all types of music. I got good grades. I started hitting the recording studio around 13.
I know that all things are possible through Jesus Christ.
I don't watch much TV at all.
I've been traveling the world and experiencing different places, and you always discover new things.
If you think you've already made it, that's when you can fall short and go backwards. I'm constantly pushing forward and chasing the element of perfection.
My outlook on life is so much clearer.
