I have noticed that these days, people don't want to take their time to succeed.

I was also always interested in the aesthetic realm - architecture and that kind of stuff - but music was my first love.

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.

I'm looking forward to seeing more of the US, and hopefully spending some of the summer in Europe playing festivals. It's early days though, so who knows.

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

I must say that the first person to realise that I was talented in art was my mother.

Trying to be really dark and alienating just felt exhausting to me, so I started going back to the music that I grew up with, whether it was African music or pop music. It took me away from being overly self-conscious about what I was doing.