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" 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. "

St. Lucia

Music

Love

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" I like my music to transport people somewhere. "

St. Lucia

People

Somewhere

" You can hear 'Human Nature' all over our song 'Elevate.' It's an amazing song. That hooky arpeggio in the beginning is great. Unlike most Michael Jackson ballads, even though I'm a huge Michael Jackson fan, this song is kind of restrained. It's not a huge, crazy song you can dance to - it's just this beautiful piece of music. "

" I was in this boys' choir for five years, when I was 10 until 15. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Images and music are very connected. "

" I was always very ambitious from a young age. "

" We like to try doing new things in the shows and doing things that we haven't done before. "

St. Lucia

Try

New

" 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. "

" St. Lucia in South Africa is this exotic place where you might go on vacation, and it evokes this nostalgic, hazy vibe. "

" We have such an energetic live show. We have so much fun onstage. We swap instruments. We might possibly be the sweatiest band in the business. "

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

St. Lucia

Single

Kind

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You can't be 100 percent selfish when you're working with somebody else. "

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

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

" When I was a kid, pre-1994 was still apartheid, so we didn't get a lot the subversive music from the States or from the U.K. A lot of the music we would get was the poppiest pop music, so I've never really had a bad association it. "

" When I'm making the music, the songs that I get most excited about definitely make me feel good, but often, it's a really good feeling combined with some kind of melancholy element. "

St. Lucia

Music

Feel Good

" One of my favorite things is producing other artists because, in many ways, it's a lot more freeing than working on your own music. "

St. Lucia

Working

Your

" Everyone knows Earth, Wind & Fire. We know 'September,' all the big sort of hits from going out and dancing and stuff. When I was developing St. Lucia, I really started listening a little bit deeper, listening back to their stuff from the '70s and '80s, and really dug into it. "

" I'm kind of a little allergic to that whole, 'Let's go to L.A. and write a bunch of hits.' "

St. Lucia

Whole

Kind

" Generally, when I come to festivals, I just wander freely and see what happens. "

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

St. Lucia

Written

Pretty

" 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. "

St. Lucia

Life

Weird

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

" My favorite pieces that I've written, either for St. Lucia or for myself, have always had a transporting quality to them, where they take you out of the moment and somewhere positive that feels nostalgic and happy but sad at the same time. "

" I feel like a lot of bands have done amazing covers, but whenever we start working on it, whenever we try it in rehearsal, it never feels right for me to do the song. "

St. Lucia

Start

Amazing