Quotes by Apl.de.ap - Page 2

There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Tremendous
Tastes
Hears
Sees
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It is important for me to help others because I was also helped by others before I became part of the Black Eyed Peas.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Peas
Help Others
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When I see the discrepancy between kids in the Philippines and the U.S., I feel like I have to give them an opportunity.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Philippines
Discrepancy
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Usually when you hear about rappers in Asia, they always try to be like gangsters and stuff like that and I don't get it.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Asia
Gangsters
Rappers
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I was once a struggling artist, so I just want to help others, and provide my resources and connections and the people I know.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Connections
Help Others
Struggling
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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.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Filipino
Music Own My Own
Label
Record Label
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If there's a Filipino flag waving, will.i.am whispers to me, 'Filipinos are over there!' And then I wave towards that direction.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Filipino
Wave
Direction
Towards
There And Then
Waving
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I was sponsored to go to the U.S. and became a Black Eyed Peas, and now I'm paying it forward and helping other children like me.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Peas
Sponsored
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I have pursued my dream and I believe it is important to give back because I have been given the opportunity to be what I am now.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Pursued
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I actually got to go back to where I was born and perform there. I just brought my mom up onstage and was like, 'Look, here we are.'
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Onstage
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I was just a kid. I had nothing to my name but I was still happy. But I was also given a chance to pursue my dreams, have an education.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Pursue
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I want to encourage Filipino artists to be original, write your own songs and don't be afraid to go outside the box and try new things.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Filipino
New Things
Afraid
Artists
Box
Be Original
Original
Outside
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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.
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Israeli
Girlfriends
Israelis
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You need a screwdriver for screws and a hammer for nails. Anybody that's trying to screw in a nail with a screwdriver… that ain't too smart.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Smart
Trying
Anybody
Too
Hammer
Nail
Screw
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Queen Latifah once came up to me and said 'Bebot' was her favorite song. She said, 'I don't know what you're talking about, but it feels dope!'
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Me Song Know
Queen
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There is some gangsta music I like, like Biggie Smalls - he reminds me of Slick Rick -doing the same thing, but he did it in a really artistic way.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Artistic
Biggie
Slick
Music Me Doing
Music Me Way
Reminds
Rick
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But when I discovered music, I knew that that's what I wanted to do in my life and I just jumped in all the way and pursued my dreams as a musician.
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Pursued
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I've been building classrooms for children. Computer labs for kids. It's such a huge problem and so many children just aren't given a chance in life.
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Labs
Classrooms
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Hip-hop is just bombarded with a lot of materialistic stuff. When a group like us with more creativity comes out, I think it will make some kind of change.
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Bombarded
Materialistic
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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.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Achieve
Philippines
Work Me Parents
Work Your Me
Work Hard
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I remember I told my mom that I was scared. I asked her, how will I talk to everyone in English? And my mom gave me a dictionary, where I learned one day at a time.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Dictionary
One Day
One Day At A Time
Scared
Time Mom Me
Asked
English
Gave
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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.
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Employment
Focusing
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I believe that there are many talented Filipinos and their talent is great and globally competitive, just waiting to be tapped. I don't want such great talent to be wasted.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Great Talent
Wasted
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Stan Lee is like the universal hero. He got every culture together by storytelling. He gave every community their own hero to follow, in fiction and actually in factual life.
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Factual
Lee
Stan
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I go out pretty much every night, and when you spend time in those clubs, watching how the DJs make their mash-ups to heat up the room, you want to create that sound yourself.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Clubs
Djs
Every Night
Heat
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I want the kids in the Philippines to compete with the world, with other kids out there, to have the opportunity. You never know, you might find the next Black Eyed Peas out there.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Peas
Philippines
Compete
Other Kids
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I came to the U.S. to have opportunities. I saw a lot of people in gangs. I just didn't understand that - you live in the U.S., you have all these opportunities. And then you get in a gang?
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Gang
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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.
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Time Mom Me
Buck
Clark
Pearl
Signed
Soldiers
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Not only I am an adoptee, but I also want to prove to everyone that being legally blind with a rare eye disease called Nystagmus that you can do and be anything if you put your mind to it and believe in yourself.
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Believe In Yourself
Blind
Disease
Eye
Prove
Rare
Legally
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Our first conversation went like: 'So, what do you do in the Philippines for fun?' 'Well, I like to rap and breakdance.' And Will was like, 'What?? Me too!' That sparked our friendship and from then on, we were inseparable.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Friendship
Conversation
Inseparable
Philippines
Me Fun Will
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We want to show people in the U.S. and Europe that hey, here in Southeast Asia, we have so much artists brimming with talent and so deserving. We needed to tap into that so that the West can take notice and sign them up, too.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Asia
Deserving
Europe
Hey
Needed
Southeast Asia
Talent
West
Artists
Tap
Notice
Show People
Sign
Southeast
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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.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Discouraging
Money Me Know
Funds
Hands-On
Motivates
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Building virtual classrooms was the brainchild of Charity Dreams. So many people play games online, it's a huge business - and so harnessing the power of the Charity Dreams community to help build classrooms just made a lot of sense.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Charity
Classrooms
Harnessing
So Many People
Virtual
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I was blessed and lucky to have been given opportunity. I really thank my dad, Joe Ben Hudgens, for taking his time and adopting this kid from the Philippines, and gave him his future, and opportunities. Without him, I wouldn't be here.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Opportunity
Dad
Future
Adopting
Blessed
Given
Lucky
Philippines
Ben
Gave
Joe
Opportunities
Taking
Thank
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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.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Clubs
High Level
Nightlife
Party
Besides
Music Great Know
Experiences
Surprised
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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.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Cool
Audience
Intimate
Musical
Variety
Love Music Me
Cool Love Music
Cool Thing
Enables
Love Cool Music
Genres
Mix
Same Thing
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We met Ferg at one of our shows in L.A. She gave us her number. For the song 'Shut Up' on Elephunk, we needed a vocalist. Someone said 'yo, remember that white girl - we should get her in the studio.' Since then, we've become friends. She's one of the guys now, she isn't just a girl.
Apl.de.ap / Rapper
Needed
Shut Up
Song
Vocalist
Number
Gave
Guys
Met
Studio
Shut
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