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.

We should not let negative influences get to us.

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

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

Unfortunately, there are very few facilities which offer courses in the arts. Not all the secondary schools offer the subject for CXC examinations.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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