I always say I wanna work with Alicia Keys. I'm in awe of her.
From Bruno Mars
My demo was terrible, I sounded like a chipmunk. I was so young.
Hawaiian music is beautiful and simple.
My dad was into the 1950s doo-wop era. If you look at those groups, or at James Brown, Jackie Wilson and the Temptations in the 1960s, you'll see you had to be sharp onstage.
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.
I love artists like Prince, who hold on to that element of mystery.
What I'm hoping is that every album I'm going to do will give my audience something different, and that they'll grow as I do.
You know, my sister sings, my brother plays drums in my band. My whole family is a bunch of musicians.
There are no record companies in Waikiki.
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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