I've had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, 'Your music sucks, you don't know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don't know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.'

Honolulu is a melting pot.

There are no record companies in Waikiki.

People can hear my songs are coming from something real. I mean what I say; I'm not just writing to impress critics or young girls, or older girls. The way I talk is the way I write a song.

You know, I just do whatever feels right to me! And so that's what you're gonna get!

Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson

I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment.