Tash Sultana

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

Music draws me in. As soon as I hear it, I'm there. I'm stuck in it.

I'm not that cool or anything.

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

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

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

I'm not a really super-political type of person, and that might change as I get older.

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

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.

I learnt everything to do with music in my own time.

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

I chose busking because I didn't want to be working for someone else. I wanted to work as I am. I feel like you ultimately do have a choice if you have your vision. So, I had a vision forever that I was going to play music. And there was no stopping that.

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

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

I think when you have one song that does really well, people love you from that song, or they hate you from that song.

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

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 love Erykah Badu. Every time I listen to her music, I'm, like, laying out all the instruments in the song, like, how I would loop it.

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.

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

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

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

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.