When everything in life gets so complicated it only takes a day to change it

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.

You know, when Michael Jackson does the moonwalk, he's showing off! When Prince or Hendrix do a guitar solo, it's confidence! I would hate to be at a show and some nervous wreck is sweating up there and doesn't feel like he deserves to be there.

I don't like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know.

'Doo-wop' is a very special word for me. Because I grew up listening to my dad who, as a Fifties rock & roll head, loved doo-wop music.

Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson

There's always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened.