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“We just decided to make our dancing as important as our MCing and our production. It's an element in hip-hop that a lot of people are afraid to use.”
“It was great to have my son see if you chase your dreams sometimes they become reality.”
“In L.A., we played rock venues because we had a band, which hip-hop venues couldn't accommodate. And within that, we created a show which we could put on in front of anybody.”
“I grew up listening to a lot of hiphop music and R'n'B. Bands like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, Boogie Down Productions, Cypress Hill, New Edition, Bob Marley, Prince, Stevie Wonder, and a lot of Spanish music.”
“The Black Eyed Peas as a whole is something I always look forward to.”
“My wife and I sometimes read books together. It's kind of like bed talk.”
“Apl has a lot of songs that are paying homage to his native tongue. He's from the Philippines. He has songs inspired by his culture.”
“Hip-hop is huge in Canada, in Australia - everywhere.”
“You gotta understand a lot of hip-hop kids are going to have the hip-hop mentality. And it's sad because they're not educated enough to understand what hip-hop culture is really about.”
“Just being in the industry that I'm in, you get people building up your ego - 'Oh, you guys are the best, you guys are gods.' So I started believing the hype - 'Yes, I am a god!'”
“When I see children in New Delhi, babies walking around in no diapers and their mother is in a corner putting up bricks, it gives you a sense of being grounded.”
“I'm half Native American and half Mexican and I support all native peoples around the world.”
“That's the beauty of Black Eyed Peas, we don't pigeonhole ourselves into just one category. We're the chameleons of hip-hop.”
“Apl is very humble, but he's humongous in the Philippines.”
“I'm building my own brand outside of the Peas. It's not Black Eyed Peas, it's Zumbao. Zumbao is different from the Peas because it's all on me and I can't feed off of anybody other than me.”
“It's powerful when you're able to celebrate your culture, but also bring the arts and music to the masses.”
“I want to really brand myself as an individual.”
“Fergie's married. I'm married. A lot of the band members have families as well.”
“Apl introduced me to all the Pinays he knew, and so I married one.”
“We all had to dodge the idea we were spokespeople for our races. Like, 'Hey, it's the Mexican Guy! The Filipino! The Chick!' We've always stood up to it and said, 'Fine, bring it on and we'll show you how we rock.'”