Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple.

What I'm hoping is that every album I'm going to do will give my audience something different, and that they'll grow as I do.

My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.

Be in control. Know who you are. And don't try to be different just to be different.

I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to do.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

I love that I can talk to my fans through Twitter, to cut out the middle man. Because I've done interviews where my words have gotten twisted, so it's nice to be able to have things coming straight from me.