“A lot of the people I was writing with think a lot more about lyrics and a lot more about the details from the beginning. That kind of thinking made me a little self-conscious because I was suddenly having to judge what I was doing early on in the process.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindLittlesMadeSelfProcessJudgingConsciousDetailsSelf Conscious Author:St. Lucia
“There were times when I would suddenly realize making music is a crazy pipe dream. I would see bands that did super well in South Africa still struggling to survive, or even people on the international level who are doing well but financially can't really support themselves.” PeopleWellsStillsDreamRealizingLevelsSupportStruggleCrazyBandMusic IsSouthInternationalSouth AfricaPipePipe DreamsStruggling To Survive Author:St. Lucia
“We lived in a suburb in Johannesburg, which is a massive city of about 8 million people, and my parents would drive me to school every day and over the weekend I would go to the mall and then occasionally on Safari. Pretty normal stuff, apart from the Safari.” PeopleSchoolStuffParentCitiesMillionsNormalMassiveWeekendSuburbsMallsSafariJohannesburg Author:St. Lucia
“Music has always moved me really deeply, and it's always been more about that than about the desire to rebel or annoy people (although, I've had my moments of that as well). I think it was just years of maybe moving slightly away from it but always coming back to it as the thing that I'm best at.” PeopleThinkingYearsWellsMomentsMovingDesireMovedRebelAnnoyingComing BackReally Deep Author:St. Lucia
“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 if you act like it's done people experience things in a totally different way.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayLooksDifferentDoneMomentsMistakeFinishedDifferent WaysCracksApologetic Author:St. Lucia
“Like, in retrospect, this whole Mini-Album is about itself, and the process of letting go of the fear of what people will think about the music or of me or whatever and just putting it out there. But none of that was intentional at all.” PeopleThinkingWholeProcessLetting GoAlbumsRetrospect Author:St. Lucia
“I find that I have improved in my craft and I have improved considerably in my ability to critique other people's artwork. I forgot to mention that my course of study at the Art Institute is BSC in Media Arts and Animation.” PeopleArtCoursesAbilityStudyMediaCraftsAnimationCritiqueInstituteArtwork Author:St. Lucia
“I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.” PeopleBelieveArtJobsFormIndividualI BelieveStudyBranches Author:St. Lucia
“It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.” PeopleBelieveStillsAgeArtistDiesPoorCasesThis Day Author:St. Lucia
“I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.” PeopleWantSucceedThese Days Author:St. Lucia
“Many of my students learn different techniques online and I have learnt a lot using this medium. Art is picking up in the Caribbean but it's unfortunate that we still have people looking down on it. Many persons who don't know better think that having a career in art is a waste of time. I guess the public just needs to be educated some more.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsPersonsArtStillsDifferentCareersStudentsWasteArt IsTechniqueMediumsEducatedOnlineWasting TimeUnfortunateCaribbeanLooking Down Author:St. Lucia
