It's gotta be fun, if it's not fun it's not worth doing. Music is about having a good time feeling your soul, whether it makes you laugh or it makes you cry, just so long as you feel as much as you can. That's the mission of Pono.

I'll never be Bob Dylan. He's the master.

My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.

I don't know if I'll find the cinnamon girl. I think I already did, but I'm still singing, who knows.

I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream

Without freedom of expression, good taste means nothing.

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.