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" I was born and raised in the ghetto, on welfare, two minutes from homeless. "

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" If you are a chef, no matter how good a chef you are, it's not good cooking for yourself; the joy is in cooking for others - it's the same with music. "

" 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 was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad. "

" 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. "

" Traveling in Europe made me understand that America has an island mentality: No one exists except us. There's a whole other world out there, but most Americans - all they know is America, the marketing plan. "

" I like all the families in the U.K. But what I like about the idea of the royal family is... they seem like they're well educated and there's something admirable about them. And the Queen... she reminds me of my grandma. "

" If I didn't mould my reality then I'd still be in the ghetto where people like me are supposed to stay. You have to dream your way out of the nightmare. "

" Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just all about business. "

" 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. "

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

" I'm a fan of X-men. "

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

" Every single song that I've listened to is in my memory forever. "

" I don't dream to be like mega crazy rich. "

" Electro is today's disco - making electronic music not for the sake of selling it but for sharing it and touring around the world D.J.-ing. "

" I don't want to be on stage when I'm 57, talking about... 'Let's Get It Started.' "

" Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more. "

" 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. "

" My mom's discipline worked out perfectly. I wouldn't change a thing. "

" 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. "

" I don't despise people. "

" Most of these people who are celebrities now don't do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don't want to be one. "

" If my mind's not trying to fix something or create something, I don't know what to do. It just throws me off. "

" The music industry isn't converging toward dance music. Dance music is dance music. It's been around since disco - and way before disco. But there's different versions of dance music. "

" 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. "

" When you follow your heart, you're never supposed to do things because of what you think people might say. You do it for the opposite reasons. "

" I can procrastinate a little bit. "

" Now that Obama's president, it changes inner-city youths. They can now not just dream to be Lil Waynes and 50 Cents, but they can now dream to be Obamas. "

" Tom Jones is like igloo-cool. "