You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.

And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while

My father moved to Hawaii from Brooklyn and my mother came there as a child from the Philippines. They met at a show where my dad was playing percussion. My mom was a hula dancer.

I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.

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

I want people to think of Hawaii and think of palm trees and magical islands and Bruno Mars.

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