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.
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.
I'm fascinated by the Philippines because I'm from here. I was born here. I'm a Filipino.
You have to keep pushing yourself and reinventing yourself.
When you have an education, you can make anything happen.
I like to cook chicken adobo and do my own laundry.
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.
It is important for me to help others because I was also helped by others before I became part of the Black Eyed Peas.
I never met my father. He left before I was born.
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.
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?
I'm proud of who I am, where I came from, what I was born into, and I would represent that till I die.
Until I discovered hip-hop, I felt I wasn't going to accomplish anything.
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.
Everybody wanted to be Michael Jackson. That's how Will and I got to know each other.
If there's a Filipino flag waving, will.i.am whispers to me, ‘Filipinos are over there!' And then I wave towards that direction.
My friends, they can't beat me in pool or bowling.
I would take the jeepney all the way to Angeles City, and that's how I got introduced to break dancing.
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.
In every Filipino family, the children always want to help the parents… that was my goal.
