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Talk It Out with Jodi Leib
featuring Apl.de.Ap
Detroit, MI - July 2003
Jodi: I'm on tour with the very
special Apl.de.Ap from The Black Eyed Peas.
Apl: Whatz up, ya'll.
Jodi: How ya doin Apl?
Apl: Doing good. You know...just a little tired, but we're
gonna keep this going.
Jodi: What motivates you, what's your passion, what drives your
being?
Apl: What drives me is my family, cause I'm from
Philippines, I'm adopted. My whole goal is to bring my family over
here, so they can have a better living, cause it's hard in the
Philippines to have this lifestyle.
Jodi: That's really special. And what do you hope they will
accomplish?
Apl: My siblings will get a better education. My sister, I
put her through Nursing School in the Philippines, but I want her to get
a job over here, because, you know, the pay is much better, and, just
get my other siblings into a better school so they can be whatever they
want to be.
Jodi: You guys are the most Down-to-Earth group! Your heart
is just so in the right place! I'm just amazed by it. How do
you find your spirituality? Where do you come from to regroup and
to be able to have such a strong identity?
Apl: I think for me it comes from where I'm from, like when I go
back over to Philippines and I see how life is like over there, that's
what grounds me. When I come back over here, it's like, damn, I've
got opportunities that a lot of people don't have, you know? So I
just try to take all that opportunity and work it, you know, cause you
never know when it's going to end, you know?
Jodi: Yes! So, never give up. What are some words of
wisdom you could offer your fans?
Apl: I'd say "The next day, try harder." That's
what I have on my phone when I turn it on.
Jodi: Nice. It's true because there are so many obstacles in
life. You could easily get bogged down by all the barriers that
are set before us, but how do you break through? How do you gain
the confidence to take it to the next level?
Apl: It's just as you go, and you keep on doing the same things,
you're going to progress yourself. Then you start learning new
things as you're doing it. You go through the motions and it
becomes like a pattern. After a while you memorize it so good, you
start coming up with new things. You know, that's how I do it, and
I say my Serenity Prayer.
Jodi: I say that!
Apl: Yeah.
Jodi: And praying for the willingness.
Apl: Yeah, yeah. The willingness. You know, when I
can't have something that I want, I'm just like...
Jodi: We can do it...Dear God...
Apl and Jodi together: Grant me the serenity to accept the things
I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom
to know the difference. Amen.
Jodi: I made up one. I have my own.
Apl: Oh yeah?
Jodi: Yeah. Dear God, grant me the willingness to be open to
new ideas and new people, grant me the serenity to like who I am, and
the ability to have fun in life.
Apl: Nice. That's dope. Yeah, you gotta have fun in
whatever you do, ya know. That's how it is. When you enjoy
it, you do it better.
Jodi: Totally. Thank you so much Apl. You're so
beautiful.
The Black Eyed Peas were on tour with
Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera. Please visit www.blackeyedpeas.com
for more band information.
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Talk It Out with Jodi Leib's Black
Eyed Peas Interview with Apl.de.Ap was taped in July 2003 at the Palace
of Auburn Hills in Detroit, MI. Talk It Out (c) Jodi Leib, 2003.
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