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" 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. "
Music
Play
People
" 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. "
Me
Crazy
Language
" 'Free Mind' was a song written over a couple of years. It was pretty much three different songs that I couldn't figure out how to put together - until one day, when I was in the studio, it kind of just fell into place. "
Place
Song
Together
" I always play barefoot. I can't play with shoes on. "
Play
Always
Barefoot
" I am not a genre-based artist. "
Am
Artist
I Am
" 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. "
Live
Road
Myself
" 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. "
You
Choice
Vision
" 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. "
Precious
Life
Myself
" I don't busk any more because it's gotten too dangerous. "
Too
Because
Dangerous
" I don't really have music goals. It's just a huge field I want to dedicate my life to. "
Want
Just
Music
" If I'm in a good headspace, then it doesn't matter which direction things go. "
Direction
Things
Go
" I find it hard to settle into a normal, routine environment. "
Hard
Environment
Settle
" 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. "
Street
Week
You
" I have a little pocket journal. I just put the pen on the paper and just go. "
Journal
Paper
Little
" 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. "
Energy
Too Much
Night
" I just have this real love and connection with what I'm doing when I play music. "
Love
Music
Doing
" I kind of just got right into playing music because I could kind of stop thinking when I was concentrating on playing the guitar. "
Thinking
Stop
Music
" I learnt everything to do with music in my own time. "
Time
Music
Everything
" 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. "
Love
Time
Song
" 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. "
Culture
Sea
Love
" 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. "
People
World
Appreciate
" I'm actually a massive dork; people just don't know that. "
People
Just
Know
" I'm just all for equal rights and stuff like that, but I'm not like one of those 'Yay empowerment' type of people. "
Equal
Empowerment
Rights
" I'm not a feminist. "
Feminist
" I'm not a really super-political type of person, and that might change as I get older. "
Change
Type
Really
" I'm not that cool or anything. "
Cool
Anything
" 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. "
Listen
Music
Soul
" I reckon I'd be probably, like, in the gutter somewhere if I didn't have music. "
Somewhere
Music
Like
" I started getting RSI in my wrists and my elbow from playing really hard, so I started looping. "
Started
Hard
Getting
" I take alone time when I can. "
Alone
Take
I Can
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