I try to let my decisions be guided not by what I think will succeed or fail, but what I'm going to learn from that process.

Disney's really incredible on story.

I felt so nourished by the process of making [Moana], of you're always engaged with other artists from different disciplines, and it's about bringing your art form to the table. It's so many art forms mashed together.

I am the epitome of coolness.

[Opetaia Foa'i] brought in the melody and the lyrics, but the lyrics were in Tokelauan, and so, we talked about what it could mean and whether this could be the ancestor song. So, I started writing English lyrics to sort of the same melody.

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder every burden every disadvantage I've learned to manage. I don't have a gun to brandish. I walk these streets famished.

I try to let my decisions be guided not by what I think will succeed or fail, but what I'm going to learn from that process.