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“Filipinos are naturally creative and artistic.”
“My being in America and being adopted from the Philippines have given me motivation and drive as an artist.”
“I want to leave this earth knowing that I did something. I made a difference in someone's life.”
“There's a lot of kids just like me growing up in the Philippines, so I don't want them to give up. So listen to your parents, work hard and you can achieve so much.”
“To me, it's pretty much the same thing - I just love playing music. But the cool thing about DJing is that I get to play other people's music, I can mix it up between our songs and a variety of musical genres. It also enables me to be more intimate with the audience.”
“I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.”
“I like to be hands-on because that's what motivates me. I like to involved from the ground-breaking to ribbon-cutting to auditing the funds. Just giving money away is a little discouraging because I don't know where it is going.”
“The Peapod Foundation provides tools and mentors encouraging children to express themselves through music and art.”
“I was born blind in Sapangbato in Angeles City.”
“We've had great experiences in Israel - besides traveling around, we got to go to some clubs. We didn't really know how the nightlife would be in Tel Aviv, and we were surprised how big the party was and what a high level the clubs and music were at.”
“I would take the jeepney all the way to Angeles City, and that's how I got introduced to break dancing.”
“Some teachers used to worry and ask me, 'What are you going to be when you grow up?'”
“I've started my own record label - Jeepney Music - and I want to put out my own stuff and also stuff by other Filipino artists.”
“Back in Sapangbato in Angeles City, my mom signed me up on this foundation called Pearl S. Buck where they support Fil-Am kids left during the time when U.S. soldiers where at the Clark Air Base.”
“When Will and I were growing up in Los Angeles, his girlfriends were always Israeli, so we'd always be hanging out with Israelis in L.A.”
“I think anyone that's running for office really should focus on the education for our youth, creating more jobs and employment, and really focusing on our next generation.”
“It is really important for me to help my culture.”
“We're always in the studio pretty much, either at home or on the road, trying to come up with new ideas and stuff.”
“You have to keep pushing yourself and reinventing yourself.”
“I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.”