00:08SOKO
00:09Yeah, hi, I'm SOKO.
00:10I play music and I've been acting in movies since I'm 16.
00:14I grew up in the southwest of France, near Bordeaux,
00:19in a very tiny village.
00:21I lost my dad when I was five, so then I had a stepdad,
00:25so it was all like half-brothers and sisters and step-brothers and sisters.
00:28So it was six kids all together, not much access to the city and art at 16.
00:36I was like, I want to be a grown-up, I want to be responsible,
00:38and I want to be creative and make things.
00:41And I was just very, very ambitious.
00:43So I left because I was so fearless.
00:45I just would not take no for an answer.
00:48I was just like, I don't need parents.
00:50At 16, I was a lot more mature than I am now.
00:54I was just a little bit bored with acting.
00:57Having to wait around for people to desire me,
01:01and I want to just make my own thing.
01:03I was trying to work with people,
01:05work with guys who would play guitar for me
01:07because I didn't know how to play it.
01:09It was terrifying because they were just like,
01:11oh, you're just a girl, you're nothing without me.
01:14So I taught myself the guitar to prove them wrong.
01:16If you can do it, just because you're a man,
01:18doesn't mean that I can do it.
01:19Like, I'm just as good as you.
01:22But that said, there's no better thrill
01:24than being in a rehearsal room with a musician that you love
01:27and hearing your songs come together.
01:30I just feel like life is a constant series of obstacles.
01:35Many days I just think, like, I'm just going to give up.
01:37I can't do it.
01:38If I do anything that feels wrong,
01:40I start having panic attacks
01:41because I'm too much of a control freak.
01:43I would say follow your intuition.
01:47Everything that's bad is just here to teach you lessons.
01:50Don't be overly emotional.
01:53And trust.
