Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

I don't try and be dark, but there are obviously darker emotions that I want to capture sometimes.

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

Ever since I was a kid, this was all I wanted to do. I've wanted to do music. I wanted to sing. It's all I know.

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.'

In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.