“I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.” ThinkingMindImportantIdeasStartingSubconsciousSubconscious Mind Author:St. Lucia
“Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising.” ThinkingWritingImprovising Author:St. Lucia
“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
“I went to this boy's choir school when I was growing up, and I think that the first time that I consciously started making music was when this one kid joined our class. He was an amazing pianist and would come up with all these ideas. I've always had a really competitive side, so I saw him doing that, and was like, "I have to try writing songs as well."” ThinkingWritingTryingFirstsWellsIdeasKidsSchoolSongSidesClassBoysGrowing UpSawsGrowingFirst TimeCome UpWriting SongsChoirPianist Author:St. Lucia
“I think that layers in music, whether it's layers juxtaposing emotions and feelings or layers of texture, make for a more interesting product.” ThinkingFeelingsInterestingEmotionProductsLayersTexture Author:St. Lucia
“World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.” ThinkingWorldFeelingsSceneEvokeWorld Music Author:St. Lucia
“When I think back, I felt like I had the life that a lot of white American kids grew up with in the suburbs in the States. I started noticing, as Apartheid's grip weakened, that we had more and more black kids at school; I had more and more black friends. But I never really saw a separation between myself and the black kids at school.” ThinkingStatesKidsSchoolFeltBlackWhiteSawsGrewGrew UpSeparationNoticingSuburbsApartheid Author:St. Lucia
“I think I was just too young to even understand what was going on. When I was still living in South Africa, there was still so much racial tension.” ThinkingStillsYoungSouthTensionSouth AfricaRacial Tension 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
“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
“Sometimes, I even learn new techniques from my students. Although I am still a student at the Art Institute, I think that I have learnt a lot from the classes that I have already taken.” ThinkingArtStillsSometimesClassTakenStudentsTechniqueInstituteAlready Taken 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
“I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.” ThinkingArtI CanFilmRoomsFieldsSeekingImprovementAnimationAlways Room For ImprovementRoom For ImprovementArt Films Author:St. Lucia
