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I'm married to the girl that I first went out with when I was 16. We were on and off for years; now we're married with a kid, so I don't have that many exes.

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I just said, casually, 'You know, I passed up on auditioning for Einstein.' And my friend was like, 'You idiot, you have to do it!' She made me do it. I sent the tapes off assuming that somebody would say, 'Ha ha, very funny.'

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I did a lot of theater as a young actor in my early twenties, and my first few records really came from writing songs through the rehearsal processes.

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I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language.

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If you're trying to do something wholly new, it's hard to fully trust it. But if you use forms that have come before, it lends your music weight and authority. It's also a way to acknowledge that it's not just you who's feeling these things. The emotions are coming through you from a whole history.

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What's quite nice about this whole folk movement is that it's born out of genuine friendship. And nobody's infringing on anybody's space.

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You might as well acknowledge what came before, because you can never do something wholly new. It's not unoriginal to make your references clear.

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I had to learn how to work in a studio at first because it's a totally different creative environment to the 'bedroom recordings' I'd done before, where I could translate my own ideas without having to explain them to anyone.

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In my early twenties, the whole experience of going on tour was like losing myself in this slightly wild environment.

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The reason I stopped music for a while and concentrated on theatre was that it was more conducive to parenting; having the days free was quite handy. I love them both. I hope I don't have to compromise one for the other.

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Musician

Born: March 14th, 1983

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