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I don't speak Filipino or Spanish, but I've sung in both.

There really aren't any completely Asian people singing right now.

I'm part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we'd all karaoke.

Japanese people are not known for expressing their feelings through singing and dancing, but I like to sing a lot. I don't just sing to myself in the shower. I sing everywhere.

All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.

People don't really assume that I'm Filipino. Of course, they're gonna think, 'Oh, are you some sort of Hispanic?' and you say, 'No, I'm actually not.' I get Korean or Chinese a lot.

Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer.

I was born in America, but I consider myself a Filipino.

I can't do everything alone. I need all Filipinos to unify.

Once you know the Romance languages, singing in those languages is so sexy and sensual. I do have a global audience, so why not?