I Don't Try And Be

I Just Really Care About What People See. I Want Them To Know That I'm Working Hard For This. The Artists That I Look Up To Like, You Know, Michael, Prince, James Brown. You Watch Them And You Understand That They're Paying Attention To The Details Of Their Art. And They Care So Much About What They're Wearing, About How They're Moving, About How They're Making The Audience Feel. They're Not Phoning It In. They're Going Up There To Murder Anybody That Performs After Them Or Performs Before Them. That's What I've Watched My Whole Life And Admired.

My Father Moved To Hawaii From Brooklyn And My Mother Came There As A Child From The Philippines. They Met At A Show Where My Dad Was Playing Percussion. My Mom Was A Hula Dancer.

I Feel, As A Songwriter, It's One Of The Hardest Things To Do - To Sit Down And Say How You Feel.

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.

I Think Everybody Don't Know What Color I Am. It's Like, "he's Not Black Enough. He's Not White Enough. He's Got A Latin Last Name But He Doesn't Have - He Doesn't Speak Spanish. Who Are We Selling This To? Are You Making Urban Music? Are You Making Pop Music? What Kind Of Music Are You Making?"