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.

Tash Sultana

Categorized in : Me Job Street School

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

my-soul music soul song

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

gutter somewhere like music

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

your you mind reality

I take alone time when I can.

alone take i-can time

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

direction good go matter

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

pen just go paper

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.

your myself you life

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

find routine hard environment

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

soon hear me music

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

skate much pretty jam

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

actually just know people

I've played music that's terrible in the past, and not everyone likes you, which is fine.

everyone you music past

It's like being in a trance, like I get this electric current through my fingertips. Sometimes I shake. People say I look like Hendrix when I'm about to rip a solo because I move my shoulders like he does and do the chewing.

people-say look sometimes people

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.

my-life myself home life

Music saved me from a really dark road.

road me music dark

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.

myself too-much energy night

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.

feel music soul age

I started getting RSI in my wrists and my elbow from playing really hard, so I started looping.

really playing started hard

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

doing music real love

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

stop guitar music thinking