Jean-Philip Grobler (St. Lucia) Quotes

The reason I decided to become a solo artist in the first place was because I always felt that the results that I got from working as a team where everyone had equal say... ended up with compromised, watered-down results.

Jean-Philip Grobler

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  • Results
  • Solo