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
When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
The music that I listen to the most is probably world music, whether it's from African or South America or all over. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I'm really into a lot of different music, and a lot of stuff that sounds absolutely nothing like anything on the Mini-Album. — 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've been making music for as long as I can remember. I would, as a kid, just sing little ideas or be… — 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 went through all these different phases. But it always felt like I was impersonating something, so I went back to some… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
There were times when I would suddenly realize making music is a crazy pipe dream. I would see bands that did super… — 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
It sounds kind of cliche, and a lot of people say it about our music, but I think a good place to… — 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'm very interested in how visual artists think because I think the way that I think about music is similar. I'm very… — 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
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
Music has always moved me really deeply, and it's always been more about that than about the desire to rebel or annoy… — 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
When I was growing up, it was still during Apartheid, so the country was very shielded from the outside artistic world. Anything… — 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
I feel like kids that grew up in New York City or in L.A. were exposed to all these subcultures and subgenres,… — 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
When I was a kid, pre-1994 was still apartheid, so we didn't get a lot the subversive music from the States or… — 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
The music I used to make was a lot more rock, so I come from this background of head banging a lot,… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I really believe in albums, even though some people believe the year of the album has passed. I love singular pop songs… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Trying to be really dark and alienating just felt exhausting to me, so I started going back to the music that I… — 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
One of my favorite things is producing other artists because, in many ways, it's a lot more freeing than working on your… — 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
I was also always interested in the aesthetic realm - architecture and that kind of stuff - but music was my first… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
Like, in retrospect, this whole Mini-Album is about itself, and the process of letting go of the fear of what people will… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I'm a huge Hayao Miyazaki fan. He might be my favorite director of all time - the beauty that he sees in… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
A short story can be really interesting and enriching and powerful, but a novel just contains so much more information and richness… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 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 really good… — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
