I feel it’s my job to continue being a student of music if I want to continue being an artist and a producer of other artists. You have to keep filling your mind with other music. You have to be ahead of the curve.
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Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There’s a lot of things that come with fame – it’s what people in the limelight have to do.
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You pick up some fans and a handful of haters along the way.
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You have to be who you are, and hopefully they dig it.
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I can show you in music better than I can tell you in words.
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My dad was just the king of finding these little spots for us to stay that we should never have been staying at.
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I love doing shows. I love rocking shows. I love playing instruments. I love singing. If I can find a way to do that and feed my family, then I’m a happy man.
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Be in control. Know who you are. And don’t try to be different just to be different.
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I could sing you a thousand and one doo-wop songs. I love the simplicity in that music. It’s not super-poetic, it’s just from the heart.
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Doo-wop is special music to me because it’s so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.
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Every time I try to write a song, when I sit down and think I’m going to write, I really want to write a song, and it never works out. It’s always when it hits me unexpectedly on a plane or right before I go to bed, something like that.
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There’s always a bittersweet kind of thing, but I feel like everything had to work out the way it is. Everything that had to happen, happened.
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Expect me to give my all. Thats what I do every time I have a show. Give my all.
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I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.
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In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.
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I just know that I’m a fan of all different kinds of genres. You’re supposed to be free doing music, and that’s how I feel.
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Treasure, that is what you are.
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I think I don’t take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it’s a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun.
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I grew up with so many different songs that the ones that are fun to play are the ones I want to do.
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To write a song you must have an imagination, to have an imagination you must be free.
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It’s dedicating yourself to your craft. Spending thousands of hours in a studio learning how to write a song, learning how to play different chords, training yourself to sing. You know, to get better and better.
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Never had much faith in love or miracles, Never wanna put my heart on the line.
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I know I’m probably much too late to try and apologize for my mistakes.
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I can put some chords together and maybe write a song, but I’m learning every day. And that’s the fun part.
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You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.
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Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there’s music in the air there.
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I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There’s no tricks. It’s honesty with big melodies.
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