I can't even speak Hawaiian, but if you go there and listen to a Hawaiian song, you get captured because it's so beautiful, like the melody is just gorgeous and you know Bob Marley is on the radio every single day. It's very reggae-influenced down there. Basically, you haven't been to paradise if you haven't been to Hawaii.

Don't you love it that Prince doesn't use Twitter? Don't you think he's somewhere on a unicorn?

I feel it's my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.

I can put some chords together and maybe write a song, but I'm learning every day. And that's the fun part.

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

I am so proud and so happy to be Filipino.

The drumming helps a lot when I'm producing songs or writing songs. My knowledge of drums helps more in that aspect, (although) I don't know, man; I'm not great at any of them.