I was always taught that Latin, Caribbean people were cousins to me, as well as blues was a cousin to me, as well as Africans were direct relatives to me. It was all a part of my language.
I don't know that my colleagues in Congress really care about what happens here in El Paso and in Juarez. They care what happens in their home district.
There was a place I visited in Lahore that felt to me like old Delhi, and I'm sure Pakistanis who come from Lahore to Delhi feel the same.
Now anyone can move anywhere. I've made deep connections with people around the world since I tour everywhere that I will simply never see again.
I have family dotted everywhere - Dad's in California; I've got aunts in Scotland and Virginia; family in Kansas City; family in Manchester and London.
I'm from Canada and my wife is from St. Albans, so I feel a great kinship with the Brits.
Malaysians talk with Mauritians, Arabs with Australians, South Africans with Sri Lankans, and Iranians with Indonesians. The Indian Ocean serves as both a sea separating them and a bridge linking them together.
There is still a big gap between South America and Europe and Asia, and if we had more players playing in Europe, the gap would be smaller.
Apl, my bandmate, is from the Philippines. He came to America in 1989, and the first person he met was Will.i.am. And then, I met them when we were 17. Our common ground was music.
Poland is the natural bridge between East and West.
Probably the biggest thing about the shaping of our future is that it won’t be shaped in the United States.
