Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

Honolulu is a melting pot.

I love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan.

It's just all love. That's what music is. That's why music is created. To make people feel good, to uplift people. That's what musicians are for: to give everyone an escape, to let everyone feel good and take people out of everyday problems, so that they can hear music and sing words that are hopefully relatable.

I just know that I'm a fan of all different kinds of genres. You're supposed to be free doing music, and that's how I feel.

I guess if I'm a product, either you're chocolate, you're vanilla or you're butterscotch. You can't be all three.

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.