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I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless. (will.i.am)
There's only one type of music and that's good music, no matter what genre it is. View quote
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I have a pro tools rig that I carry in my backpack. View quote
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My attention span is very short. View quote
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Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc. View quote
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I'm good at thinking outside the box, so much that you realise it's not a box to begin with. View quote
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If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology? View quote
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If you know how to freestyle, you will never have writer's block. View quote
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Here's the problem: Profiteers haunt America, and for everything we try to control, someone's going to profit from it, more than you control it. View quote
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Crime and violence are the easiest emotions to reenact. View quote
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Hip-hop is limiting itself and that also goes for editorially. Magazines and websites are the gatekeepers of what people think hip-hop is, but they actually end up limiting what hip-hop can be. (will.i.am)
We need creative people working with broadcasters, making smart content to inspire people to be geniuses. View quote
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Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society. View quote
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We need to forge a whole new energy and American Dream. View quote
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We have no control over the outcome of anything. Like the planet and global warming, we don't control that. If politicians want a war we don't control that. Acts of terrorism, we can't control them. View quote
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What Autotune allows is for people like myself and Kanye West not to depend on the singer. Back in the Fifties, the songwriter was rendered invisible. Now the songwriter is there in the forefront. View quote
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Code writers, they are my idols. View quote
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If my mind's not trying to fix something or create something, I don't know what to do. It just throws me off. View quote
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Music is my therapy and my straitjacket. Music keeps me sane and keeps my mind on something. It's fragile up there. View quote
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Tom Jones is like igloo-cool. View quote
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Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music. (will.i.am)
If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You have to dream your way out of the nightmare. View quote
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There's an entry point to any relationship. View quote
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Pop is the most competitive form of music there is. You are always fighting to be adopted and accepted by the masses, and it's always shifting. View quote
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When someone is denying what they are, then that's when things start to spiral down. View quote
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Photo: Toglenn, GFDL
Occupation: American Musician
Born: March 15, 1975
Quotes count: 68