My songs are like a three-legged dog - you have to get to know them to have any love for them.

The melodies are always the most important part to me. I am pulled more to the groove than the chord progression. After you find the groove, you find the most simple chord progressions and then sit inside that groove.

Being a white South African, I enjoyed the better things that that country gave to a small percentage of its population.

A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.

I was regularly advised not to go into music, that I should give up that foolish dream.

Because life is short but sweet for certain We're climbing two by two To be sure these days continue These things we cannot change

I don't feel like I'm standing in a position where I have some right above other people to say what I think. We should all be talking to each other about what we think is important - whether we're in politics, or whether we're checking out at a grocery store. We shouldn't put walls up between each other.