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.
St. LuciaI was constantly drawing and colouring. I had an immense love for art and anything which involved art fascinated me.
St. Lucia[My mother] was the one who encouraged me constantly and always reminded me that God gave me a talent and I have to use it. I should not keep it locked inside.
St. LuciaIt's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.
St. LuciaI think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.
St. LuciaWhen I think back, I felt like I had the life that a lot of white American kids grew up with in the suburbs in the States. I started noticing, as Apartheid's grip weakened, that we had more and more black kids at school; I had more and more black friends. But I never really saw a separation between myself and the black kids at school.
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