“You can’t knock on opportunity’s door and not be ready.”

You have to be who you are, and hopefully they dig it.

Hawaii is paradise. It sounds cheesy to say it, but there’s music in the air there.

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.

I signed up to be a musician, I want to perform, I want to sing.

Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson.

I can show you in music better than I can tell you in words.

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’ve definitely seen bands before they made money kind of change their thing on the next tour, and I prefer it when it’s a little more raw.

If perfect’s what you’re searching for, then just stay the same.

I want there to be a piece of me in my music, you know? I genuinely believe that’s the secret of all the success that’s happened (for me).

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

I really wish I knew what I was doing because I’d be writing hit songs every minute.

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.

When everything in life gets so complicated it only takes a day to change it.

Be in control. Know who you are. And don’t try to be different just to be different.

In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

One of the things I learned when I was negotiating was that until I changed myself, I could not change others.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

If you’re afraid of failing you won’t get very far.

Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.

It is too much to hope that I shall keep up my success. I don’t ask for that. All I shall do is my best- and hope.

It’s your life-but only if you make it so.

When you stop learning you stop living in any vital and meaningful sense.