Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
My lyrics are quite train of thought, and they are all over the place, but they evoke something. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I think the job of the first single is kind of like being a diplomat for a country. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
When I was developing St. Lucia - around 2008, 2009, at the peak of Pitchfork culture - what was considered cool was… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Everyone can of course take their own meaning, that's the beauty of music and lyrics, but to me it seems like everything… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for anyone who has the nerve to even attempt to do music today,… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I think that layers in music, whether it's layers juxtaposing emotions and feelings or layers of texture, make for a more interesting… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
None of my songs are written 'about' someone or something, they all just sort of tumble out unannounced, like the worst kind… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of bands have done amazing covers, but whenever we start working on it, whenever we try it… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
My favorite pieces that I've written, either for St. Lucia or for myself, have always had a transporting quality to them, where… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
When I'm making the music, the songs that I get most excited about definitely make me feel good, but often, it's a… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
You can hear 'Human Nature' all over our song 'Elevate.' It's an amazing song. That hooky arpeggio in the beginning is great.… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just the creative intent of an artist or band that inspires me. I'm generally drawn to artists or bands that… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Everyone knows Earth, Wind & Fire. We know 'September,' all the big sort of hits from going out and dancing and stuff.… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I met the guys at HeavyRoc through the drummer in St. Lucia, Nick Brown. He is Ben from The Knocks' cousin, and… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I wrote, in total, about 50 or so songs (finished and unfinished) in the 2 and a half years leading up until… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Generally I'll keep 95% of what I sing on that first scratch vocal take. Sometimes that idea will ferment for a long… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I went to this boy's choir school when I was growing up, and I think that the first time that I consciously… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
"St. Lucia We Love" is actually a song produced by Stratosphere music (also St. Lucian). The CEO of Stratosphere music approached me… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
When I was 10 I went to the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, which is this idyllic Harry Potter-esque music boarding school in… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
The music has a very strong escapist quality to it. In the moment where you feel like you need to escape, or… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I labour over details and whether a song should be a straight pop song form or exploratory. This is the curse with… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
It sounds kind of cliche, and a lot of people say it about our music, but I think a good place to hear our… — St. Lucia Copy Share
I just believe that you have to allow each other to grow in the way you're meant to grow and not be afraid of… — St. Lucia Copy Share
Most of the writing that I do is a complete train of thought process. I'll just be walking down the street or sitting on… — St. Lucia Copy Share
Everyone knows Earth, Wind & Fire. We know 'September,' all the big sort of hits from going out and dancing and stuff. When I… — St. Lucia Copy Share
Unfortunately, there are very few facilities which offer courses in the arts. Not all the secondary schools offer the subject for CXC examinations. — St. Lucia Copy Share
While painting I noticed a piece of madras cloth on the floor. As usual, my mind started working overtime and a pair of scissors… — St. Lucia Copy Share
When I was 10 I went to the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, which is this idyllic Harry Potter-esque music boarding school in the mountains… — St. Lucia Copy Share
The music I used to make was a lot more rock, so I come from this background of head banging a lot, and it… — St. Lucia Copy Share
When I was a teenager, I never knew anything about art. I think in South Africa at that stage, no one was really exposed… — St. Lucia Copy Share
When I'm making the music, the songs that I get most excited about definitely make me feel good, but often, it's a really good… — St. Lucia Copy Share
I feel like a lot of bands have done amazing covers, but whenever we start working on it, whenever we try it in rehearsal,… — St. Lucia Copy Share
When I think back, I felt like I had the life that a lot of white American kids grew up with in the suburbs… — St. Lucia Copy Share
It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age. — St. Lucia Copy Share
