Everything affects hip-hop. The question is, how does it affect the money that corporations are going to invest to put out different kinds of hip-hop? – will.i.am
I feel my personality is richer than my bank account. So if I meet a girl, maybe first she just likes me because I’m rich. But then she’s gonna get to know me and say, ‘Screw the money.’ – will.i.am
I’ve got all this stuff in my head at the same time as I’m doing stuff and I don’t know how to stop or slow down. – will.i.am
Why shouldn’t a child look to want to be a political figure, to change our nation, to lead us the right directions? – will.i.am
Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society. – will.i.am
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. – will.i.am
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. – will.i.am
I will not start an initiative until I’ve spent my own money. Because if I spend my own money, people who want to get on board afterwards know that I am serious about it. – will.i.am
You know, the Super Bowl is so fresh that every single commercial is even on, you know, some next-level entertainment. – will.i.am
There are five issues that make a fist of a hand that can knock America out cold. They’re lack of jobs, obesity, diabetes, homelessness, and lack of good education. – will.i.am
If Apple’s a technology company in the music industry, why can’t somebody in the music industry make technology? – will.i.am
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. – will.i.am
Music is my therapy and my straitjacket. Music keeps me sane and keeps my mind on something. It’s fragile up there. – will.i.am
I’d like to see Apple and Dell factories be brought to the inner cities; in every project in America, there’s some factory there, and it’s abandoned, and I’d like to see those factories open and bring jobs to America. – will.i.am
