When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change 'cause you're are amazing just the way you are.

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).

Songwriters, you have to work - you have to wait for residuals. You have to pray that the song's going to be a hit. And then a year later, you might get a check.

You aspire to be as great as Michael Jackson is as an artist. I don't think any artist in pop, rock or hip-hop has ever done it any bigger than him. You know what I mean? He's the man.

When I see your face, there's not a thing that I would change 'cause you're are amazing just the way you are.

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

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.