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America has to be not just an idea but a living, breathing thing.

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will.i.am
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: March 15
Businessperson
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William James Adams Jr.
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I don't follow waves or trends or emotions.
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Coming out with records when you're in a big, successful group that plays stadiums, that's scary to come out by yourself.
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If you want to be a better web hacker, hang out with a painter.
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Every young person is going to be inspired to be a maker from now on. It's like how everyone used to want to be a musician, an actor, an athlete -- but a maker is what people are going to want to be.
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We forget to thank the scientists that began these musical inventions and systems. The guy that invented the phonograph and gramophone - Thomas Edison!
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I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.
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When someone is denying what they are, then that's when things start to spiral down.
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I have a pro tools rig that I carry in my backpack.
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