Quote

Normally the meaning of the songs, if there is any, occurs to me after I've written the song.

St. Lucia

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

St. Lucia
Age: 55
Musician
Johannesburg
Gauteng
South Africa
St.Lucia
Occurs
Normally
Songs
Meaning
Written
Song

More quotes by St. Lucia

Image
Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for anyone who has the nerve to even attempt to do music today, but this is just about what excites me.
St. Lucia
Image
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.
St. Lucia
Image
I had this perfect situation where my studio was a three-minute walk away, and every day I would go to the studio. If I had an idea, I could work on it at the highest level possible.
St. Lucia
Image
I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.
St. Lucia
Image
I always loved cartoons but the process seemed so difficult. Then I told myself, Nothing good comes easy. So, I took a plunge and started my first animation stint in 2003.
St. Lucia
Image
I think that there is always room for improvement so I am seeking to reach as far as I can in my field of art, film and animation.
St. Lucia
Image
A lot of the people I was writing with think a lot more about lyrics and a lot more about the details from the beginning. That kind of thinking made me a little self-conscious because I was suddenly having to judge what I was doing early on in the process.
St. Lucia
Image
A true artist is practically married to his or her art form so I just couldn't turn my back on it.
St. Lucia
Image
We should not let negative influences get to us.
St. Lucia
Image
Music has always moved me really deeply, and it's always been more about that than about the desire to rebel or annoy people (although, I've had my moments of that as well). I think it was just years of maybe moving slightly away from it but always coming back to it as the thing that I'm best at.
St. Lucia
Image
What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways.
St. Lucia
Image
It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.
St. Lucia
Image
There were times when I would suddenly realize making music is a crazy pipe dream. I would see bands that did super well in South Africa still struggling to survive, or even people on the international level who are doing well but financially can't really support themselves.
St. Lucia
Image
I didn't see [Luigi St. Omer] as a teacher. I saw him as a comrade I respected and I could go to see anytime something was bothering me. He was indeed my big brother. He praised me when I did something exceptional and scolded me when I did things which were out of the way.
St. Lucia
Image
When I'm writing, those ideas are seldom inspired by music itself. I won't often listen to an artist and come up with an idea.
St. Lucia
Image
I am really enjoying media arts and digital painting.
St. Lucia
Image
World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.
St. Lucia
Image
When I was 10 I went to the Drakensberg Boys Choir School, which is this idyllic Harry Potter-esque music boarding school in the mountains in South Africa, and that's when everything started to change for me and I realised that music is my thing.
St. Lucia
Image
You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.
St. Lucia
Image
None of my songs are written 'about' someone or something, they all just sort of tumble out unannounced, like the worst kind of house guest.
St. Lucia