A modern
renaissance man, will.i.am is an entertainer, business consultant,
entrepreneur, philanthropist and all-around lover of life. He’s even his own
web address. Just type in will.i.am, he requires no www or dot-com.
In
interviewing for our October cover story (on newsstands Sept. 9), The Black Eyed Peas’
frontman shed more light on what makes him an original than we could fit in
print—his philosophies, what gets his adrenaline flowing, his views on the
future and more. Here, in his own words, is will.i.am…
I think I
always... had a
positive view of myself. When I was 9 or 10 years old, we were in a class where
we all sat in a circle and talked about what we liked about ourselves. And I
said that I was William the Wizard, and that my friends liked me because I
helped people. And I always liked being part of a group.
I thrive
on…
obstacles. I love it when the clock is running out. The adrenaline gets pumping
and the best comes out of me—songs, problems—I like being under pressure.
If I
wanted… to sell
tequila, the companies would make it so easy, and they would pay me so much. Doing
good is what’s complicated. It’s hard, and it costs so much.
The
creators of tomorrow… are the
Davids of today. The Goliaths are the big corporations. They have no connection
to what’s really going on. They’re still making TV ads and putting up
billboards, even though no one is looking at them. Tomorrow isn’t about
marketing; it’s about community, about widening the state of wellness in
communities. It’s about the people you want to be, and to be with.
Not
everything… is
supposed to work. You can’t be afraid to make mistakes. You can’t be afraid to fail. If you are, you’ll
lose everything.
I don’t
think that I have… any
regrets. Nothing profound. I trust that the people I work with have enough
momentum and love to see through the work we’ve started. For me to feel that I
have to be on hand to see it succeed is a selfish thing.
Things
are so…
divisive, and I don’t know why. It’s obvious that there are things we should
do, and I don’t know why we don’t. Immigration reform, for example. We’re only
hurting ourselves. We need a smarter immigration policy, and we used to have
one. That’s how we got Nikola Tesla. Albert Einstein! NASA! Detroit wouldn’t have been
Detroit! This makes no sense at all.
I’m not
a… creature
of habit, knock on wood.
- See
more at:
http://www.success.com/article/the-lyrical-life-of-will-i-am#sthash.J3e4py3c.dpuf
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