will.i.am (William James Adams, Jr.) Quotes

Most of these people who are celebrities now don't do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don't want to be one.

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• Most of these people who are celebrities now don't do anything to deserve it, so by that fact alone, I don't want to be one.

  

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