Tash Sultana

“You can impact on people with music, and I love that because music impacts on me.”

“I love San Francisco for the music culture. There's this vibe there that I can't find anywhere else in the world. Easily one of the best places on the sea coast.”

“My mum pushed me to get a normal job when I finished school, and I just wasn't into that at all. So I hit the street and started busking and making my own way.”

“I construct myself and do things how I want to do them, because your artistry is a very precious thing - it's ultimately your whole life if you want it to be.”

“A lot of marathon runners access flow state. That's why it's so addictive: because they just get into this state where they're just completely one - they are in complete oneness. That's what happens to me when I play music and, I suppose, a lot of other people, too, which is why we do it.”

“I've been living a healthier life and, therefore, writing healthier music.”

“I've got an awesome career happening, and I absolutely am so stoked with how it's all worked out.”

“I'm not that cool or anything.”

“It would be arrogant to come to music only thinking about success.”

“I'm actually a massive dork; people just don't know that.”

“I'm just all for equal rights and stuff like that, but I'm not like one of those 'Yay empowerment' type of people.”

“Music is the embodiment of my soul. When I play, I'm not performing a song: I'm becoming it.”

“I can live on the road, no worries, because my life is scheduled, but when I come home to myself, that's what I'm worried about, finding the balance.”

“I never necessarily played the music I listen to. I've always liked a lot of soul, roots-reggae, alternative psych-rock, and I feel like, with age, that's kind of come.”

“I love the fact that there are so many people who have come to appreciate what I'm doing. That is just the best feeling in the world.”

“Being able to play all over the world to different audiences and have them sing my lyrics back to me, even if they can't speak the same language, is crazy.”

“My goal is to just be able to play as many instruments as I possibly can.”

“I have learnt my boundaries and what I need to do to preserve my energy and not give out too much of myself every night.”

“That's pretty much all I do - skate, surf, and jam.”

“I don't really have music goals. It's just a huge field I want to dedicate my life to.”