Quotes from will.i.am

My attention span is very short.

When someone is denying what they are, then that's when things start to spiral down.

Disco is the first technology music. And what I mean is that 'disco' music is named after discs, because when technology grew to where they didn't need a band in the clubs, the DJ played it on a disc.

I've been truly protected by my uncles.

When the music industry started collapsing, the logical people understood that the only place to go for shelter was the underground. If the world on the surface is burning up, and you know people that have bunkers, go to the bunkers.

Coming out with records when you're in a big, successful group that plays stadiums, that's scary to come out by yourself.

If you live in a ghetto and really want not to just change your life and your family's life but change your ghetto's life, make your ghetto a good neighbourhood, learn science; try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

When you're a corporation, you're going to stick with what works. That's why every McDonald's is the same.

How about no one's ever going to outsell Michael Jackson at selling records because the record industry is over. Game over. There's no more record stores. With no more record stores there's no more pressing plants. With no more pressing plants, there's no more charts.

If you have a vaccine or an antidote that people can benefit from, you're not going to want to keep it to yourself. You're going to want to spread that wisdom or whatever to as many people as you can, so everybody can benefit from it.

Hip-hop was fast, originally. It was always fast music.

I have ADHD. I'll admit it.

I don't have political agendas. I have social agendas.

The computer allows me to execute my ideas at the speed I think them.

If you want to be a better musician, hang out with a computer coder.

I don't want to tell people where to go get all my cool stuff.

If you would ask my mom what books I liked growing up, I liked Dr. Seuss.

Crime and violence are the easiest emotions to reenact.

Love lasts forever.

My favorite game is Madden. That's it. I'm a Madden addict. I go at it.

I'm like a mama's boy and stuff.

Don't be afraid of the darkLook insideGrab your heartLet it shineIf it's dark outsideShine your light

You don't have to stay in your lane when it comes to friendship or ideas.

If you really want change, you really want it to be inclusive, where everyone's included, otherwise you're just going to have more of the same in the future.