Top 40 Ricky Martin Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I don’t want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!”

— Ricky Martin

2. “Everyday begins like a blank chalkboard, on which each one of us can write the poem of our present and our dreams for the future.”

— Ricky Martin

3. “Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.”

— Ricky Martin

4. “Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.”

— Ricky Martin

5. “These years in silence and reflection made me stronger and reminded me that acceptance has to come from within and that this kind of truth gives me the power to conquer emotions I didn’t even know existed.”

— Ricky Martin

6. “I am convinced that music, like philanthropy, bridges hope.”

— Ricky Martin

7. “What will happen from now on? It doesn’t matter. I can only focus on what’s happening to me in this moment.”

— Ricky Martin

8. “I believe we have to bring Broadway a little Latino flair. We have to keep it alive.”

— Ricky Martin

9. “I love giving the golden shower. I’ve done it before in the shower. It’s like so sexy, you know, the temperature of your body and the shower water is very different.”

— Ricky Martin

10. “She’ll make you take your clothes off and go dancing in the rain.”

— Ricky Martin

11. “And when you feel the heat, the world is at your feet.”

— Ricky Martin

12. “I didn’t go around the world, I went around the world on a private jet. I didn’t have a hotel room, we had an entire floor. We were spoiled.”

— Ricky Martin

13. “I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered ‘losers,’ drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing.”

— Ricky Martin

14. “Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.”

— Ricky Martin

15. “I hated it when people tried to force me out when I wasn’t ready. It was very painful, and it actually pushed me away from doing so.”

— Ricky Martin

16. “I need to tell the world what I’m about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn’t want it to be.”

— Ricky Martin

17. “I canceled a show once to be with someone that I loved.”

— Ricky Martin

18. “I’m like a shark, right at the top of the food chain. I take what I want, when I want. I truly am the reflection of perfection.”

— Ricky Martin

19. “For many years I thought I was bisexual. And then I would ask myself, ‘What is bisexual? Does that even exist?’”

— Ricky Martin

20. “I truly am the reflection of perfection.”

— Ricky Martin

21. “Before, I used to ask permission to my parents to leave the house. Now it’s – I ask permission to my children to leave the house. They own the house.”

— Ricky Martin

22. “Every family is different. I am mom and I am dad and I’m going to do my best. You should be proud, walk through life saying I have the coolest family. I am part of a modern family.”

— Ricky Martin

23. “I think religion is a bunch of hooey, and I think that the holidays are an opportunity for people to get stressed out, getting their rush to shop. It’s so conformist.”

— Ricky Martin

24. “Children aren’t just our future. They’re our present.”

— Ricky Martin

25. “Buddha’s teaching are very simple, you don’t have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from Buddha’s teachings and from His Holiness, The Dalai Lama, is that the most powerful weapon is to not attack, to be able to have self-control.”

— Ricky Martin

26. “I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans. If you moved your hips and the girls screamed, you were getting it right. Who wouldn’t want to be like Elvis or Jim Morrison!”

— Ricky Martin

27. “I eat everything, that’s a problem. I don’t have discipline. My favorite dish is the Caribbean. Meat, rice, lots of grains. But I do like to do exercises. Lately, I’ve been having capoeira classes and lots of cardiovascular exercises, such as jogging and cycling.”

— Ricky Martin

28. “Sexuality and sensuality are completely different things. Sensuality is something that you’re born with. But sexuality is something I leave for my own mirror.”

— Ricky Martin

29. “Love, acceptance, friends, two kids that I love. I have to take care of myself for them. I’ve also been a vegetarian for two years.”

— Ricky Martin

30. “I used to look at gay men and think, ‘I’m not like that, I don’t want to be like that, that’s not me.’”

— Ricky Martin

31. “I always wanted to be a father. I have a beautiful relationship with my dad and beautiful memories. I always knew I was going to have a family.”

— Ricky Martin

32. “I don’t need anything to live, to be honest. Give me a mattress or a futon on the floor and I’ll be the happiest camper.”

— Ricky Martin

33. “Anything can change in show business; you know how it goes, everything changes from one day to the other.”

— Ricky Martin

34. “When someone isn’t ready we must not try to force them out. People are being bullied and committing suicide because they’re gay and it’s horrible.”

— Ricky Martin

35. “I’m an artist and you can fantasize about me however you want.”

— Ricky Martin

36. “I had very steady and formal relationships with women. And I can say, I fell in love with women and it felt right.”

— Ricky Martin

37. “Everything they do, from smiling to crying, feels like a blessing. Being a father feels amazing. This has been the most spiritual moment in my life.”

— Ricky Martin

38. “During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.”

— Ricky Martin

39. “I am a fortunate homosexual man. I am very blessed to be who I am.”

— Ricky Martin

40. “Now I realize that the most profound lessons in the world typically come in the simplest of ways. I had to see, suffer, enjoy, and live what I have lived to arrive at this place of understanding.”

— Ricky Martin

41. “One day I’m riding a bicycle in my neighborhood, the next day I auditioned for Menudo and was on a plane to perform in front of 200,000 people.”

— Ricky Martin

42. “I played Luke Skywalker. Every time we played, I was Luke Skywalker. Nobody else could be Luke Skywalker.”

— Ricky Martin

43. “I have decided to tell the world that I accept my homosexuality and celebrate this gift that life has given me.”

— Ricky Martin

44. “Most of the things we often consider “important” really aren’t that important in the big scheme of things.”

— Ricky Martin

45. “Life is as simple or as complicated as we make it.”

— Ricky Martin