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In the beginning, there was darkness... Let there be more SA!

V: You seem to be into music at a very young age - do you remember how it got into you?

KS: Actually, no I don't. I am assuming it began in Mommy's belly. I think
it just gradually leaked in as any other natural element would. I mean sound
is one of the first things we are introduced to when we are in the Mother's womb, right?

V: History of a song? How exiting it is to see your "baby" grow!

KS: HAHA!!! You've been doing some research! Wow, you know I always get caught saying the silliest things! It only sounds silly to me when I hear someone else quote it back. So my babies... Yes, there are definitely maternal instincts involved with my songs. When something is created out of nothing, it's just a great feeling. So, to see my babies grow into a full blown album and will now be set free is more than exciting. For lack of a better word, it's surreal.I can naively compare it to having your kids go off to College. So proud and yet so nervous.

V: You are a "chronic writer" tell us about it. What is it that makes you write?

KS: I think I can narrow it down to oh... everything. LOL! I personally haven't figured out exactly what inspires me but I like the randomness. I love that I can't plan to write, I just impulsively want to from time to time. I can't really tell you what externally makes me write, but I can say that when I feel it coming on I
never neglect it. It's a feeling, a craving that takes over me. Like, have you ever had a craving so strong that you had to run to a convenience store in the middle of the night? Same thing.

V: Your songs sometimes seem to be very "sad and pitiful" (correct me if I am wrong) .

KS: HAHA! Again, another fun quote! "Sad and pitiful" actually might be an exaggeration. I believe that I am intrigued by stronger emotions, emotions with conflict and drama. "Sad and pitiful" is one of them for sure. It's an extremely beautiful moment, I find, to watch someone who is so down that there isn't anywhere lower to go. Yet still, there's hope for company, there's a need to love, there's still faith that life can be better. Of course, it's easier for me to watch that then to experience it. At the same time I was glad that I went there.

V: Is "sad and pitiful" you? Or is it just something that is appealing to you?

KS: Is it appealing? Yes, in some strange way, to me it is appealing to experience the extremities of life. It is also essential though, to experience the opposite end of that: To laugh so hard that your stomach hurts, or to be unbelievably happy. I think I can safely say that there are days that I wake up and cry just thinking about how lucky I am.

V: What is you then? What is it that makes up Kristine Sa?

KS: I guess I am made up of the same things that everyone else is made up of. The sadness, the happiness, the lameness... but it's just coincidental that the album was born in my predominantly dark times and so portrayed a very sad-faced Kristine.

V: How does a song come to you? Do you sit down and say "I am going to write a song about such and such.." Or does it just pop up in your head in the middle of the night?

KS: The second scenario is right on the money. I can never just sit down and go through a list of must-do's. So, for that reason, I probably would suck as a commercial jingle writer! LOL. I believe there is another force that leads me into it. I don't know what it is, and I won't try to understand it. I appreciate it, and I think it appreciates me and we work well together. So whatever it is, whether it be a manifestation/personification of "Creativity" or just an indescribable aura of life, I like that I get to meet with it at times and just create. Of course, this could just be my own wild imagination trying to concur up an explanation for something that I can't explain.

V: What does it feel like performing in front of a crowd?

KS: I am the nervous type. I get very shy singing my own stuff. I've gotta get over that, huh?

V: Nemesis Records seems to have a lot of faith in you - what about you - in yourself?

KS: There's this thin line between having faith in yourself and being
conceited. I fall on the side of faith enough to get by, but still
carrying much insecurity. I think whatever faith I may lack in myself I make up for with faith in Nemesis Records. I believe in the whole team so much. It's hard to eliminate all fears and doubts and worries about this project because it's so personal, but I have faith that whatever happens will be meant to happen.

V: Do you enjoy Vietnamese music? what do you think about it? would your music ever go that way?

KS: I love Vietnamese music. I also admire traditional Vietnamese
singers because I don't think that I could recreate those kinds of feelings. So yes, I do enjoy it but on this higher realm. Like, "see but can't touch", if you know what I mean. It's there for me to admire and observe but not to try to recreate because I wouldn't do it any justice. Essentially, my music probably is already influenced naturally by Viet music. So whether or not I chose to,
it will wander there on its own, while still retaining its American elements.

V: In an interview you did recently: without music, you'd be "dead" - a lot of people wish they know exactly what they want to do in life and feel strongly about it (like me for instance) - Is this the one and only direction you'll ever take? Do you ever have any doubts? And if so - what is it that gets you up on your feet again?

KS: Do I have doubts? Haha, oh yeah! There are many things that I am unsure of, but I am certain about this: If not music, then dramatic, or literary arts - in fact, any other kind of art. I love the arts and I can't stand to work on anything else. There are times when I just want to drop everything and go in an entirely different and non-creative direction. But I always feel suffocated and somehow find my way back to some form of art.Now I save myself the trouble of running away and coming back. I just remind myself that this is what I want to do most. That whatever may stand in the way will eventually tire out and my path will be clear again. It's like loving someone and knowing that there will be hardships, but after everything it's still worth it. I believe art is worth it.

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