I remember when I was 19, it was pretty tough.
From will.i.am
I have ADHD. I'll admit it.
I've got all this stuff in my head at the same time as I'm doing stuff and I don't know how to stop or slow down.
If you listen to the songs I write, they are the most ADHD songs ever. They have five hooks in one and it all happens in three minutes.
Music is my therapy and my straitjacket. Music keeps me sane and keeps my mind on something. It's fragile up there.
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.
If countries were people, England and France would be old men. Italy would be dead. Compared with them, America is in its 20s.
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.
America has to be not just an idea but a living, breathing thing.
When I got into junior high school, that's when my mom let me dress how I wanted to dress. Up to that point I wore suits to school all the time.
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