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

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

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 remember my friends at primary and secondary school admiring my work and even paying me money for some of my pieces.

Apart from the traditional paintings I also dabble with a little photography.

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

Generally I'll keep 95% of what I sing on that first scratch vocal take. Sometimes that idea will ferment for a long time, and sometimes I"ll be close enough to my studio and have enough time (kind of rare these days) to go and work on the idea. Not every song is super easy though.