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" I love so many songs from the '80s, but I'm obliged to the big ones. "

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" The reason I decided to become a solo artist in the first place was because I always felt that the results that I got from working as a team where everyone had equal say... ended up with compromised, watered-down results. "

" It took a while of performing and pushing the boundaries and starting to involve the audience to feel comfortable. "

" We love the idea of having a really great lighting production. "

" With Prince especially... he was a really great songwriter and keyboardist and singer and was so good at so many different things, you couldn't pin him down. That really inspires me. "

" 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 feel like, for me as an artist, it takes me a while of living with the tracks and living with the body of work to realize what it's all about. "

" 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. "

Working Together

" I feel like Hawaiian shirts have definitely made a comeback. "

" To me, St. Lucia isn't just purely feel-good; there are these other juxtaposed elements as well. "

" 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 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 think the job of the first single is kind of like being a diplomat for a country. "

" I always like to push the extremes of what anybody thinks St. Lucia is. "

" I really believe in albums, even though some people believe the year of the album has passed. I love singular pop songs or tracks, but what really affects me most deeply is if there's an hour of music or 45 minutes of music that flows really well and tells a story. "

" I like to make bombueti, which is basically the South African national dish. It's basically a South African curry shepherd's pie kind of thing. "

" The '80s definitely influence my music in a big way. "

" St. Lucia was a place were we used to go on vacation - not every year, but we went there a couple of times. I remember the last time that I went there, I was really small, and the only memory that I have is that my dad was going swimming or fishing one day - and I really, really wanted to go - but I was too young. "

" With my own stuff, I've always held to the belief that it should take as long as it takes until it feels right. "

" I like confusing people and challenging myself. "

" When 'OK Computer' came out, that was so crazily different from anything that I'd ever heard; it was just amazing. "

" St. Lucia represents, for me, where I found myself musically once I stopped trying to be cool, in some way, and stopped stopping these guilty pleasure influences I had from coming through. "

" We've always enjoyed touring, which is fortunate because we're always on the road. The most difficult part is that time passes by so quickly. It's hard to pay attention to your normal life because shows are all-encompassing. "

" When I start working on an idea, I immediately record without judging it. "

" It's pretty rare that something I've written is close to something that's pre-existed. "

" 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 losing that person, because if you grow apart, then you grow apart, and that's the way it was meant to be. "

" It is funny to me that people think of St. Lucia as this, like, feel-good band. "

" The music has a very strong escapist quality to it. In the moment where you feel like you need to escape, or when you are escaping, that's a good time to listen to 'When the Night.' "

" When you work together in a creative way, you have to be less selfish about your ideas and learn to let both parties feel valued. Of course, that's also a really great quality to have in a relationship, too. "

" The album that really got me interested in how to create weird sounds, and pretty much changed my life, was 'OK Computer.' Funnily enough, my parents bought it for me because it was recommended to them, and the first 2 times I heard it, I absolutely hated it. "