Top 55 apl.de.ap Quotes

We come up with slogans on the road and then we start putting them on the songs.

Singapore ladies are very beautiful.

I’m comfortable not using my vision.

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?

Be authentic about what you produce and there will always be an audience.

I have introduced Filipino culture to the world.

Everybody wanted to be Michael Jackson. That’s how Will and I got to know each other.

I doubted myself for a long time.

I would take the jeepney all the way to Angeles City, and that’s how I got introduced to break dancing.

My being in America and being adopted from the Philippines have given me motivation and drive as an artist.

I was born blind in Sapangbato in Angeles City.

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.

I never met my father. He left before I was born.

My friends, they can’t beat me in pool or bowling.

I just wanted to have an education.

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.

I can do somersaults and back flips.

DJing is one of my hobbies.

All my life, I believe in overcoming challenges.

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.

I’m fascinated by the Philippines because I’m from here. I was born here. I’m a Filipino.

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.

Being adopted was my motivation to help others by first becoming successful.

Our stuff is more about being positive, but not in a preachy way.

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.

I am proud to be Pinoy and I never forget where I came from.

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.

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.

Growing up, I’ve always kinda been into academics.

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.

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.

Some teachers used to worry and ask me, ‘What are you going to be when you grow up?’

When you have an education, you can make anything happen.

You know, some things you can’t change, but you can start from the youth to change the future.

There’s no reason but luck that I’m in one of the biggest bands in music.

If we go to a party, I’ll just be chilling in the corner, absorbing everything.

Me, I’m just gonna keep spreading the word about ‘We Can Be Anything’ campaign among Fil-Am communities in the U.S.

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.

Filipinos are naturally creative and artistic.

There were a lot of gangs in high school. Instead of being in a gang, I decided to dance.

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!’

You also have to surround yourself with people who have the same dreams and values as you do.

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.

I wanted to be an engineer or a nurse.

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.

Until I discovered hip-hop, I felt I wasn’t going to accomplish anything.

I had poor eyesight when I was young and despite that, I was making good grades.

I was once a struggling artist, so I just want to help others, and provide my resources and connections and the people I know.

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.

You have to keep pushing yourself and reinventing yourself.

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.

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.

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.

The Black Eyed Peas is a family.

I hated sunsets for a long time.