Tash Sultana

I'm not a feminist.

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 that cool or anything.

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

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

Music saved me from a really dark road.

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.

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.

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

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 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.