Francois Van Coke

Francois Van Coke Francois Badenhorst born 18 September 1980), better known by his stage name Francois Van Coke, is a South African singer-songwriter known both as the frontman of the rock bands Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel and as a solo artist. Quotes It's pretty relevant to where I am in my life. I got the title from something I say to my daughter all the time. When I started writing the album, she was about six or seven and very much into space exploration. I started saying to her: "I love you more than space." And that kind of made it into the lyrics and eventually the album title. It's actually quite weird. I was 10 years from being a solo artist and I don't know if I saw the documentary panning out the way it did because I just wanted to tell the story of my 10 years as a solo artist. Like: "These are the songs I made and this is that." But I gave the director, Eric T Graham, the project and told him to run with it. Obviously everything around us influences what we do. Having children and being a dad obviously influenced me a lot, especially on that album. And there's a specific song for my kids on there and I've never done that before. I wrote the song for both my children—my daughter Alex, 9, and my son Max, 5. So, yeah, it reflects pretty much where I am in my life. He started making it a little bit more personal about my relationships and stuff, which I guess people can relate to a little bit more. It was very flattering and humbling, just my peers saying such nice things about me. I felt humbled and stoked that they feel that way about working with me, writing songs and doing stuff together for the past 10 years. External links Category:Living people Category:Singer-songwriters from South Africa Category:1980 births