St. Lucia Quotes

The hands find a way to do what the heart wants to say

If you lack technique you lose the freedom to create.

I didn't study music. I literally lived it.

With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile.

I believe that people have to be sensitized more about the many jobs an individual can branch out to after studying an art form.

What I love about African-African music is how unselfconscious it is in so many ways.

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

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

As a visual arts teacher, I have to keep my mind open. I have explores styles from pointillism to cubism.

In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is going to be the voice or the tone of the story.

I was constantly drawing and colouring. I had an immense love for art and anything which involved art fascinated me.

I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.

A true artist is practically married to his or her art form so I just couldn't turn my back on it.

We should not let negative influences get to us.

[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.

If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.

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

I'm really into a lot of different music, and a lot of stuff that sounds absolutely nothing like anything on the Mini-Album.

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process.

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

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.

World music evokes a feeling. You don't have to think about the scene that it comes from.

The music that I listen to the most is probably world music, whether it's from African or South America or all over.

Normally when I'm writing, in the beginning I don't think of lyrics at all. I'm just improvising.

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.

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

I've been making music for as long as I can remember. I would, as a kid, just sing little ideas or be making something.

I was very conceptual about what I was doing; I had the first five albums planned out, and all the songs on every album, and the artwork. I always had these ambitious musical projects in mind.

I think that layers in music, whether it's layers juxtaposing emotions and feelings or layers of texture, make for a more interesting product.

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.

When I was developing St. Lucia - around 2008, 2009, at the peak of Pitchfork culture - what was considered cool was being as alienating to your audience as possible.

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.

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

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.

An opened mind will eventually lead to a more well rounded artist and this will thus heightenen his or her level of professionalism.

I am home grown St. Lucian. Born in 1980 I have spent most of my life on this island. Apart from the few summers I spent in the United States I spent most of my time in my homeland.

I am really enjoying media arts and digital painting.

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

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.

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.

It's sad that some people still believe that artists die poor. This is not the case in this day and age.

ACID Kreationz was founded in 2008. I formed this business with the purpose of paying my university tuition because my teaching salary would not be able to cover school payments.

I believe in the fatal hairdo just for the love of saying fatal hairdo.

Wakolda or The German Doctor is a very intimate story. It is the story of a teenage girl and the way she falls in love with a monster. It is the story of a hunt and of a seduction.

In terms of my father, if you have 4 children that work in film, then there certainly was a happy, positive influence from him because none us became an accountant.

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

From as long as I can remember, I was always fond of drawing.

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

Sometimes, I even learn new techniques from my students. Although I am still a student at the Art Institute, I think that I have learnt a lot from the classes that I have already taken.