When the painting is hanging on your wall for a long time, you don't notice it. You get tired of it, even if it's a Picasso. When the next generation inherits the painting, they sell it. I don't want to be sold.

In 1975 he found success in the Italian market by recording a song exclusively in Italian called "Se mi lasci non vale" ("If You Leave Me It Can't Be"). The family recorded "The Little Drummer Boy" in Spanish and English and included it in the family's Christmas card. Iglesias also made investments in the Dominican Republic's eastern town of Punta Cana a major tourist destination where he spends most of the year when he is not on tour.

Julio Iglesias (born Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva; September 23 1943) is a Spanish singer and songwriter who has sold over 300 million records worldwide in 14 languages and released 80 albums and more than 2600 gold and platinum records certified.