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I think the job of the first single is kind of like being a diplomat for a country.
I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent 19 years of my life there. Being a kid, my early musical experiences were there.
I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process. I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.
I used to do this huge jump off the drum riser. I had a good way of landing so I wouldn't hurt myself, but then one time, I landed on my elbow.
I was always into things like Boyz II Men and boy bands, and then I got into Radiohead and alt-rock.
I was always very ambitious from a young age.
I was born in South Africa and lived there until I was 19.
I was in this boys' choir for five years, when I was 10 until 15.
I was really into Radiohead and Live.
I went through all these different phases. But it always felt like I was impersonating something, so I went back to some of the music I grew up with, like music from South Africa and the '80s stuff. I stopped suppressing it, and I stopped trying to be cool.
I will readily confess that I'm a coffee addict.
I'm always very cautious, because I don't want St. Lucia to turn out like everything else. I want to have a personality and be unique in some way that maybe limits our appeal to everyone in the world but makes us more special in some way.
I'm kind of a little allergic to that whole, 'Let's go to L.A. and write a bunch of hits.'
I'm very interested in how visual artists think because I think the way that I think about music is similar. I'm very inspired by aesthetics and space.
Images and music are very connected.
In the past, I never wrote any love songs. That was not my thing.
It is funny to me that people think of St. Lucia as this, like, feel-good band.
It sounds kind of cliche, and a lot of people say it about our music, but I think a good place to hear our music for the first time is on vacation, or somewhere warm, on the beach or something like that.
It took a while of performing and pushing the boundaries and starting to involve the audience to feel comfortable.
It's easy when you're working together to let work things overtake your life, when all you're talking about is work, and you never leave that space.
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