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We want to show people in the U.S. and Europe that hey, here in Southeast Asia, we have so much artists brimming with talent and so deserving. We needed to tap into that so that the West can take notice and sign them up, too.

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.

Our stuff is more about being positive, but not in a preachy way.

Someday' talks about a dream of mine.

There's the fine line between presenting your culture and learning about other cultures so it becomes global.

I want to encourage Filipino artists to be original, write your own songs and don't be afraid to go outside the box and try new things.

Music gave me that neutral lane to relate with everyone.

Growing up, I've always kinda been into academics.

My friends, they can't beat me in pool or bowling.

Music is common language. I can sing 'Bebot' in front of white people and they will dance.

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 can do somersaults and back flips.

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.

Building virtual classrooms was the brainchild of Charity Dreams. So many people play games online, it's a huge business - and so harnessing the power of the Charity Dreams community to help build classrooms just made a lot of sense.

All my life, I believe in overcoming challenges.

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.

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

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.

It was already hard enough growing up in the Philippines but imagine being blind, that's 10 times harder.

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.

I want to leave this earth knowing that I did something. I made a difference in someone's life.

When you become successful, it is not just money that makes you happy.

I remember I told my mom that I was scared. I asked her, how will I talk to everyone in English? And my mom gave me a dictionary, where I learned one day at a time.

I am proud to be Pinoy and I never forget where I came from.

You also have to surround yourself with people who have the same dreams and values as you do.

The Peapod Foundation provides tools and mentors encouraging children to express themselves through music and art.

Stan Lee is like the universal hero. He got every culture together by storytelling. He gave every community their own hero to follow, in fiction and actually in factual life.

Me, I'm just gonna keep spreading the word about 'We Can Be Anything' campaign among Fil-Am communities in the U.S.

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.

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 actually got to go back to where I was born and perform there. I just brought my mom up onstage and was like, 'Look, here we are.'

Growing up for me in the Philippines was hard to read comic books because I'm blind.

We come up with slogans on the road and then we start putting them on the songs.

I believe that there are many talented Filipinos and their talent is great and globally competitive, just waiting to be tapped. I don't want such great talent to be wasted.

I want the kids in the Philippines to compete with the world, with other kids out there, to have the opportunity. You never know, you might find the next Black Eyed Peas out there.

Being adopted was my motivation to help others by first becoming successful.

I like to be hands-on because that's what motivates me. I like to involved from the ground-breaking to ribbon-cutting to auditing the funds. Just giving money away is a little discouraging because I don't know where it is going.

I'm good at shapes. If I'm not close, even if it's big, I can't read it.

You have to keep pushing yourself and reinventing yourself.

There's no reason but luck that I'm in one of the biggest bands in music.

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

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.

We wanted to make music to fit with the way we live and celebrate life.

Coming from the Philippines, my whole goal was to support my family and have a better living situation.

I would take the jeepney all the way to Angeles City, and that's how I got introduced to break dancing.

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

There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.

Be authentic about what you produce and there will always be an audience.

I have been a product and a beneficiary of the creative industry.

Filipinos are naturally creative and artistic.