Quotes from apl.de.ap

In every Filipino family, the children always want to help the parents... that was my goal.

It is very important for me to give forward in helping out every Filipino.

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.

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.

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.

You have to keep pushing yourself and reinventing yourself.

I can do somersaults and back flips.

When I dance, I picture myself and the floor in my head.

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.

My computer's the first thing I'd save if my house was burning down.

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!'

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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

I have memories of being on the farm with my grandfather.

I doubted myself for a long time... I'm comfortable not using my vision. I weave around my problems.

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.

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 proud of who I am, where I came from, what I was born into, and I would represent that till I die.

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.

DJing is one of my hobbies.