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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" It's important to let things go. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The name came about from me just closing my eyes and sticking a pen on a map of South Africa. St. Lucia was the fifth place that the pen landed on. "

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

" 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 people associate us with the tropical Hawaiian print because, for a long time, we were wearing a lot of bright colors to exert our personality. "

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

" We don't put limits on ourselves. "

" On the first recording, I wasn't singing out that much; I was shy with my singing. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

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

" I was born in South Africa and lived there until I was 19. "

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

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

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

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

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

" 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 basically work all the time. "

" 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 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. "

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