Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life

I was one of several songwriters I think interviewed [for Moana]. I'm a huge fan of Disney animated movies, and I've always wanted to write an animated score since I was a little kid.

I think I learned more about writing scores for Broadway by making mix tapes in the '90s than I did in college. You're learning about rise and fall and energy and tempo shifts. You're showing off your taste and your references. You're trying to be witty by - through placement of music you didn't write.

I've had a little Hollywood experience, and there's nothing like the Disney story experience.

You can't control the success or failure of a thing you work on. You can only control the thing you work on.

The fact that I'm a performer helps me enormously as a lyricist.

I got to holler just to be heard.