Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there’s music in the air there.
And when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while.
You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.
You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready.
You gotta know what you are, who you are and how you want to be portrayed.
Music is not math. It’s science. You keep mixing the stuff up until it blows up on you, or it becomes this incredible potion.
It’s probably the worst feeling in the world, when you’re deeply and madly in love with a woman and you know she’s not feeling you the same way, and you don’t know why.
When it’s your time, it is your time.
To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free.
Someone told me something that stuck with me: ‘You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.’ I’ve been living by that motto for a while, so I see where I need to be. Now I’m just backtracking and trying to get back up there.
In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.
I’ve had big record label presidents look me in the face and say, ‘Your music sucks, you don’t know who you are, your music is all over the place, and we don’t know how to market this stuff. Pick a lane and come back to us.’
When everything in life gets so complicated it only takes a day to change it.
I know I’m probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.
If perfect’s what you’re searching for, then just stay the same.
If I was a billionaire, I’d be smart with my money.
My dream was to not get a day job but to sleep, wake up and do my music. I want to keep that dream forever.
I think that success is having fun.
Don’t you love it that Prince doesn’t use Twitter? Don’t you think he’s somewhere on a unicorn?
I don’t like two stories. I like one story. I never grew up with stairs. I like to stick to what I know.