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" 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. "

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

" I wrote 'Jungle' in my bedroom when I was having a manic time with a particular girl. Everyone thinks it's this really upbeat song, but it's not; it was just a really manic time, so I wrote a song about it. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Music saved me from a really dark road. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

" 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'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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "