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“I know that being in the entertainment business... my first son, I had to sacrifice being away, being on tour a lot and I wasn't really present.”
“Now that I'm older, I appreciate my culture and I appreciate Spanish. I feel bad I didn't pick up on it earlier.”
“I didn't want to be a deadbeat dad, so I said, 'OK, my mission is to provide for my son in the future,'”
“I did something that's a no-no in the music industry. I cut my hair. For years, my hair was my stamp. 'Oh, that's the long-haired guy from the Black Eyed Peas.' But when I did it, it was like a breath of fresh air.”
“They didn't tell me what type of cancer I had. They didn't tell me what stage I was in. They just told me, 'Mr Gomez, you have cancer.' My life flashed before my eyes. I thought about my kids, I thought about my wife. Nothing prepares you for the shock of someone telling you you have that horrible disease.”
“I'm not the greatest writer or the great rapper.”
“We have songs that are inspired by the Latin side. We have songs that are inspired by rock, African rhythms. Whatever country we go to usually inspires us.”
“We just love international music. We love the climate of that sound, it's that pulse that we just have to appreciate.”
“Let's face it - negativity sells records.”
“It takes one person to stand up for what he believes in. I believe there's been an injustice in Arizona. I oppose Bill 1070.”
“Even if we are 50 or 60 years old, if we can do it we will continue to create content that pushes the envelope.”
“I'm a normal person just like everybody else. I just may have a different job. But I have kids, wife. I bleed, I went through cancer.”
“You really need to stop and appreciate what you have, the love you have from your family, your friends, the love that you have for yourself.”
“When they told me I had cancer, I thought I was going to die.”
“Our daughter is a miracle baby, and having time with her and my sons means everything to me - they're why I kept fighting.”
“If I was going to play any video game, it'd be things like 'Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!,' 'Street Fighter' and 'Mortal Kombat.'”
“From alternative to Brazilian to hip-hop to old R&B, that's what we listen to. And we don't just listen to it only if somebody plays it. We actually go out and buy these types of things and support different forms of music because we love them.”
“A lot of people have a misconception about artists, that they're invincible, you know, they're on a different plateau. But I'm just a human being.”
“I emptied the trash and wiped down tables. But my job that I remember the most was picking up horse manure for the Electrical Parade.”
“When you're getting chemotherapy, you feel so alone, even when your family is there, or your friends are there with you. Sometimes it's just you, feeling like you're in a fight against something that you can't control.”