I think I was just too young to even understand what was going on. When I was still living in South Africa, there was still so much racial tension.

My family still lives over there [ in South Africa] .I miss them terribly. I would say that most of my life over there was probably very similar to the sort of life someone would experience growing up somewhere like Australia or in the US.

The racial conversation in the States is so multifaceted and multilayered. Obviously it's not always a positive conversation, but it's just so much more detailed than it was when I was growing up in South Africa.

The moment you're too apologetic about something and people know that something isn't finished, they listen/look for the mistakes or cracks, but if you act like it's done people experience things in a totally different way.

I decided to create a really good laptop recording situation and to learn how to write that way, rather than have the perfect stuff around.

I tend to keep my mind open to the different forms of art out there and I am always willing to try new stuff.

We need to understand that there is a process of learning and experience and success will stem from this. The painting represents life and the brushstroke represents the steps we take in life.