Quotes from Tash Sultana

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

Music saved me from a really dark road.

I've got to deal with some stuff in my mind that's pretty scary.

If you get the chance to be a Bourke Street busker, you actually have to do an audition in front of a council panel. You get a roster every week that has your busking shifts on it - I'm serious: it's an actual job.

I find it hard to settle into a normal, routine environment.

I always play barefoot. I can't play with shoes on.

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

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 have a little pocket journal. I just put the pen on the paper and just go.

I kind of just got right into playing music because I could kind of stop thinking when I was concentrating on playing the guitar.

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

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.

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.

If I'm in a good headspace, then it doesn't matter which direction things go.

You only have one thing in your mind, and that is your mind; once that's gone, your whole reality is distorted.

I'm not a feminist.

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

I just have this real love and connection with what I'm doing when I play music.

I don't busk any more because it's gotten too dangerous.

I reckon I'd be probably, like, in the gutter somewhere if I didn't have music.

Pretty much everybody loves music. Like, there are those weird people that don't like music, and I don't really understand that at all, to be honest.

I've got a lot of pedals and a lot of knobs that need to be switching around during my performance, so I've taught my toes how to do that.

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.

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