Patrick Tsang interviews songwriter, record producer, and Grammy winner Philip Lawrence, host of Come Dance with Me on CBS. Philip shares with Patrick how in 2006, he traveled on a bus spending his last $5 to blindly meet an artist that would lead to him becoming part of the songwriting and production team The Smeezingtons, alongside Bruno Mars. 

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00:00 Intro

00:51 Musical love 

01:56 Journey into songwriting 

02:50 Collaboration with Bruno Mars

04:35 Day that changed his life

05:08 Disneyland 6 yrs

05:36 Religious upbringing

07:10 Working in LA

08:07 Starting to write music  

08:58 Lessons from parents

11:16 Perseverance to keep going

13:37 Biggest Setbacks and Challenges

15:56 Negative to Positive 

17:30 Winning Mentality

19:26 Principles and Ethics 

20:38 What is Success 

21:13 Life Ethos 

22:10 Legacy 

23:01 New show Come Dance with Me 

23:51 Next Big Thing 

24:44 #1 Advice