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.

— will.i.am

If Apple's a technology company in the music industry, why can't somebody in the music industry make technology?

— will.i.am

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.

— will.i.am

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.

— will.i.am

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 neighborhood, learn science; try to be like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.

— will.i.am

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.

— will.i.am

It should be mandatory that you understand computer science.

— will.i.am

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.

— will.i.am

Kids today aren't listening to music audio-only. They're picking up a CD and looking at the lyric sheet and wondering why the pictures aren't moving around. Who wants to do that? It's like Bam Flintstones hanging with the dinosaurs vs. Elroy Jet son who's flying around space. If I'm a kid, I want to be kicking it with Elroy.

— will.i.am

Romantic love is painful.

— will.i.am