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" 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. "

St. Lucia

Road

Life

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" I like confusing people and challenging myself. "

St. Lucia

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Myself

" The first city I ever came to in the states was Des Moines. I was 12 and was in a boys' choir. "

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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Pen

Name

" 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

" 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. "

" The music I used to make was a lot more rock, so I come from this background of head banging a lot, and it took me a while to figure out how to do it in the context of our music. "

St. Lucia

Used

Music

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

" 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

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

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

St. Lucia

Always

Things

" I had to embrace just basically writing and recording on my laptop. On long drives through the Rockies, I would take my laptop and mess around with ideas and make rough sketches of songs. "

" 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

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

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

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

" I was really into Radiohead and Live. "

" I don't think I necessarily write about dark things. "

" 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?' "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We don't put limits on ourselves. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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