You know how the press is: If I mention one mistake, that's the only thing that bothers me unless I mention all the other ones.

Corporations don't have children. They don't have feelings or souls. They don't depend on uncontaminated water, clean air, or healthy food to survive. They are beholden to one thing - the bottom line.

You're as close to heaven as I'll ever be.

It's a blue album, but it's not a blues album. I'm not pretending all of a sudden now I'm blues.

In my life I have had various health threats: polio, seizures, a brain aneurysm. None of these things has really changed me much, although it is hard to say for sure. These are events that are part of my life. They make me who I am. I am thankful for them. They are scary.

I ran into the preacher, said God was on my side, then I ran into the hangman.

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.