Quotes About Connection

There I am, watching Philip Seymour Hoffman, one of my favourite actors in the world, walk into the room dressed up as Father Christmas, being hilarious, and I'm suddenly thinking, 'Where am I?'

I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country.

Apl, my bandmate, is from the Philippines. He came to America in 1989, and the first person he met was Will.i.am. And then, I met them when we were 17. Our common ground was music.

When I go to the Philippines, I would like to take the time to express my gratitude by meeting with my Filipino fans first.

I didn't think the real Neal Schon would call a guy like me. I'm just a guy from the Philippines.

I love the Philippines. I feel like it's a huge part of me. It's my home.

When people look at me, ask me, or say something to me, they know I'm Philly.

Everybody really don't rock with each other in Philly - that's a problem. 'Cause me being in Atlanta now, I stay in Atlanta, and I get to see everybody work with everybody no matter what.

I'm not from Philly - I'm from South Jersey, but we still consider that the Philly area.

I'm an Atlanta guy. I think Philly knows that. But I've adopted Philly as my second home, and they've embraced me.

I'm extremely close to my mother. She's always meant a lot to me and has held the place of friend, philosopher and guide in my life.

I've found a very good friend and a philosopher in Trivikram.

People just want to dig; they want to dance. They don't want to work all through the night, and neither do I. I like getting 'out there,' but communication should be occurring on more levels than heavy-laden philosophical.

I used to be into the Grateful Dead, so I understand the Phish thing.

I think the world of Dave Griffin. I worked with him in Phoenix, got to know him very well, and consider him a friend.

Growing up and seeing Shawn Johnson, for her to call me on the phone, I think my inner child was freaking out!

I do everything on my phone as a lot of people do.

The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book.

I start the day just with the family. I don't check emails until my commute, and I make sure my phone isn't close to me until I'm out the door.

I try to talk on the phone as little as possible.

My wife will tell you it's the little things, like driving my boys to school on my days off so she can rest. We're not into PDA, but every time we end a phone conversation, we say 'sarang,' which means love in Korean.

I've never owned a cell phone and don't plan on ever having one. If anyone needs to talk to me, they know where I live.

The iPhone will maybe become more of a video-conferencing experience - you pick up your phone, you answer it, you'll be talking to someone looking at their face.

I want to be buried with a mobile phone, just in case I'm not dead.