“I've been making music for as long as I can remember. I would, as a kid, just sing little ideas or be making something.” LittlesLongI CanIdeasKidsRemember 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 was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album, and the artwork. I always had these ambitious musical projects in mind.” MindFirstsSongFiveProjectsMusicalAlbumsAmbitiousArtwork 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
“I was also always interested in the aesthetic realm - architecture and that kind of stuff - but music was my first love.” FirstsKindStuffArchitectureRealmsAestheticFirst Love Author:St. Lucia
“When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.” WritingIdeasArtistInspiredCome Up Author:St. Lucia
“A lot of my ideas come from McNally Jackson bookstore. One of my favorite things to do is just go there and look through architecture books and interior design books. Something about the aesthetics of space and beautiful images works with my brain.” LooksBookIdeasBeautifulSpaceBrainDesignMy FavoriteArchitectureThings To DoInteriorsAestheticsBookstoresFavorites ThingsInterior DesignBeautiful Images Author:St. Lucia
“I'm a huge Hayao Miyazaki fan. He might be my favorite director of all time - the beauty that he sees in the world and the attention to detail. I try and focus on that while making music: trying to use as many real instruments as possible, have it feel as tactile and tangible as possible.” WorldFeelsTryingRealUseMightAttentionFocusFansHugeDirectorsInstrumentsMy FavoriteDetailsAll TimeTangibleAttention To DetailTactile 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
“When I was growing up, it was still during Apartheid, so the country was very shielded from the outside artistic world. Anything that was too subversive was basically banned. All the music that we got from outside of South Africa was the poppiest, least subversive music that you could get.” WorldStillsCountryGrowing UpGrowingSouthArtisticSouth AfricaApartheidSubversiveBanned Author:St. Lucia
