Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple.

In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.

No one sells a song better than the person that wrote it.

I want there to be a piece of me in my music, you know? I genuinely believe that's the secret of all the success that's happened (for me).

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

I watch the best. I'm a big fan of Elvis. I'm a big fan of 1950s Elvis when he would go on stage and scare people because he was a force and girls would go nuts! You can say the same thing for Prince or The Police. It's just guys who know that people are here to see a show, so I watch those guys and I love studying them because I'm a fan.

I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.