I had friends who only listened to hip-hop. I had friends who only listened to musicals, and I stood proudly in the middle.

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.

The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish.

I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.

I think, there are a couple of songs. I'm really proud of How far I'll Go. I literally locked myself up in my childhood bedroom at my parents' house to write those lyrics. I wanted to get to my angstiest possible place. So I went method on that.

I feel like style is like accent. You don't hear it on yourself, and then everyone's like, man, you got a strong accent.

I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that people attached to it. It's the thing itself, and so, as you know, it's been a dream of mine to write songs for Disney, and so, it's really exciting to finally hear. It's two and a half years.