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" 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. "

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" A short story can be really interesting and enriching and powerful, but a novel just contains so much more information and richness and depth. That's what I strive for in my music. I want to create something that's like a longform statement. "

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

" Hearing about a visual artist's approach can change the way you think about songwriting. "

" We love the idea of really putting on a show. It's not just a band playing on the stage. There's a theatrical element to what's going on. "

" I find that when I'm under pressure, I work really well, but then you have those days where you sleep for four hours because you drive to a venue overnight and arrive there the next day, and you're cranky and not dealing with it very well. "

" 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. "

" When I left the country to study in the U.K., I suddenly realized, and I'm still realizing, how much other stuff is out there - like My Bloody Valentine, who millions of people are passionate about, but they're still considered an 'underground' band. "

" One of the secrets of having a long-term relationship is realizing that even if you think the other person's great, at some point, they're going to mess up and annoy you. "

" I guess you could say it's one of the great equalizers: that it just feels good to be bad. "

" Even though we're really, really happy with what we do, sometimes I think - as an adult, you think, 'Should I be more responsible with my life choices?' "

" In the past, I never wrote any love songs. That was not my thing. "

" 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. "

" We don't put limits on ourselves. "

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

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

" I'm very interested in how visual artists think because I think the way that I think about music is similar. I'm very inspired by aesthetics and space. "

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

" I think there's no way of avoiding the South African or African influence from coming into my music, just because I spent 19 years of my life there. Being a kid, my early musical experiences were there. "

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

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

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

" My lyrics are quite train of thought, and they are all over the place, but they evoke something. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 was always into things like Boyz II Men and boy bands, and then I got into Radiohead and alt-rock. "

" You can only absorb when you look back at photos: like when we played Coachella, and there are thousands of people in the audience, and you just walk on stage. "

" The upside to doing commercials is you have to work in a lot of different genres and make stuff that you never thought you'd be making. "

" 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. "

" 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. "