Quotes from St. Lucia

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.

I am trying my best to stay above the water. Right now ACID does not only offer animation. I offer real life productions as well and also compositing (animation composited into real life video)

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 will readily confess that I'm a coffee addict.

You can only absorb when you look back at photos: like when we played Coachella, and there are thousands of people in the audience, and you just walk on stage.

One of the secrets of having a long-term relationship is realizing that even if you think the other person's great, at some point, they're going to mess up and annoy you.

At a festival, some people are just there because they're waiting for, like, Calvin Harris to come on later.

The album that really got me interested in how to create weird sounds, and pretty much changed my life, was 'OK Computer.' Funnily enough, my parents bought it for me because it was recommended to them, and the first 2 times I heard it, I absolutely hated it.

I feel like Hawaiian shirts have definitely made a comeback.

With my own stuff, I've always held to the belief that it should take as long as it takes until it feels right.

When you work together in a creative way, you have to be less selfish about your ideas and learn to let both parties feel valued. Of course, that's also a really great quality to have in a relationship, too.

It's easy when you're working together to let work things overtake your life, when all you're talking about is work, and you never leave that space.

Like all businesses ACID has its ups and downs. There are actually seasons when business will pick up such as Christmas time and carnival time. There are other times when business will run very slow.

I developed this guiding statement to stress on the fact that every good thing takes time to develop.

I feel like a lot of bands have done amazing covers, but whenever we start working on it, whenever we try it in rehearsal, it never feels right for me to do the song.

I'm kind of a little allergic to that whole, 'Let's go to L.A. and write a bunch of hits.'

Images and music are very connected.

In the past, I never wrote any love songs. That was not my thing.

I really believe in albums, even though some people believe the year of the album has passed. I love singular pop songs or tracks, but what really affects me most deeply is if there's an hour of music or 45 minutes of music that flows really well and tells a story.

I feel like, for me as an artist, it takes me a while of living with the tracks and living with the body of work to realize what it's all about.

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

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

On the first recording, I wasn't singing out that much; I was shy with my singing.

I try to not be self-conscious in my writing process. I think it's important to just be in your subconscious mind - at least when you're starting an idea.