St. Lucia

I will readily confess that I'm a coffee addict.

— St. Lucia

I like my music to transport people somewhere.

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I remember my friends at primary and secondary school admiring my work and even paying me money for some of my pieces.

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It is funny to me that people think of St. Lucia as this, like, feel-good band.

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You can't be 100 percent selfish when you're working with somebody else.

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I love so many songs from the '80s, but I'm obliged to the big ones.

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To me, St. Lucia isn't just purely feel-good; there are these other juxtaposed elements as well.

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From as long as I can remember, I was always fond of drawing.

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Generally, when I come to festivals, I just wander freely and see what happens.

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With my own stuff, I've always held to the belief that it should take as long as it takes until it feels…

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I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process. I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind -…

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We've always enjoyed touring, which is fortunate because we're always on the road. The most difficult part is that time passes by…

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I used to do this huge jump off the drum riser. I had a good way of landing so I wouldn't hurt…

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When I was developing St. Lucia - around 2008, 2009, at the peak of Pitchfork culture - what was considered cool was…

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It sounds kind of cliche, and a lot of people say it about our music, but I think a good place to…

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The moment you're too apologetic about something and people know that something isn't finished, they listen/look for the mistakes or cracks, but…

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I decided to create a really good laptop recording situation and to learn how to write that way, rather than have the…

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St. Lucia represents, for me, where I found myself musically once I stopped trying to be cool, in some way, and stopped…

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A lot of the people I was writing with think a lot more about lyrics and a lot more about the details…

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Everyone knows Earth, Wind & Fire. We know 'September,' all the big sort of hits from going out and dancing and stuff.…

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Everyone can of course take their own meaning, that's the beauty of music and lyrics, but to me it seems like everything…

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Most of the writing that I do is a complete train of thought process. I'll just be walking down the street or…

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When I was growing up, it was still during Apartheid, so the country was very shielded from the outside artistic world. Anything…

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I also got encouragement from my teachers at primary school but one person in particular who had a significant impact on my…

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I got a job as the Visuals Art's Teacher at my Alma Mata, St. Mary's College. Then my interests shifted to animation.…

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There are literally endless options and possibilities, and often no clear or obvious path in how to make that choice, and nobody…

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I was constantly drawing and colouring. I had an immense love for art and anything which involved art fascinated me.

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I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.

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St. Lucia in South Africa is this exotic place where you might go on vacation, and it evokes this nostalgic, hazy vibe.

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It's pretty rare that something I've written is close to something that's pre-existed.

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In the past, I never wrote any love songs. That was not my thing.

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When 'OK Computer' came out, that was so crazily different from anything that I'd ever heard; it was just amazing.

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Nothing beats looking out to a sweaty, packed house full of fans.

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We like to try doing new things in the shows and doing things that we haven't done before.

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It took a while of performing and pushing the boundaries and starting to involve the audience to feel comfortable.

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The music that I listen to the most is probably world music, whether it's from African or South America or all over.

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On the first recording, I wasn't singing out that much; I was shy with my singing.

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I must say that the first person to realise that I was talented in art was my mother.

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I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.

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Hearing about a visual artist's approach can change the way you think about songwriting.

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