A biography for Israel Kamakawiwo'olehasn’t been written yet.
“I guess this is gonna sound kind of weird, but I'm not scared for myself for dying. Because I believe all these places are temporary. This is just one shell. Because we Hawaiians live in both worlds.”
“Wherever you go, God be with you.”
“I've seen it all, done it all, known it all.”
“I was scared when I lost my mother, my father, my brother, my sister.”