Xavier Rudd Quotes

#1. I have Aboriginal roots on my father's side, and have always indentified with that spirit. I feel a lot of my music comes from that place.

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#2. It's kind of like some kind of church for me, playing live. Each show, good people from different pockets of the world come and open their soul and let their spirits mingle and dance. That energy comes up through me, and all I do is channel it; it's like a circular motion and very sacred.

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#3. Playing live is everything. Sometimes being on the road is hard, and it's a lot of work, and tiring. From a musical point of view, you improve all the time. Not only that, but you learn how to deal with people and deal with energy in a live setting.

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#4. Do what you will while you're able, find what it is that you seek.

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#5. The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it. I don't intend to write it for a purpose, but it comes as it comes and am proud of the way it can support change because I believe strongly in what I sing about.

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#6. Follow, follow the sun, and which way the wind blows, when this day is done. Breathe, breathe in the air. Set your intentions. Dream with care.

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#7. I feel my live shows are my music; everything blossoms from the live shows.

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#8. I played didgeridoo from a young age - on the vacuum cleaner, initially.

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#9. I do pinch myself, like when shows in non-English speaking countries are sold out, and people are singing my lyrics. I don't think I'll ever lose that; I'm always appreciative every day of the support I have as an artist, because I'm not a commercial artist.

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#10. Yidaki didgeridoo has been used in every part of Australian regional culture, all around the country. It's become a message stick for the survival of those people, for aboriginal people and aboriginal culture.

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#11. Most of my instruments are handmade.

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#12. It's always great to visit Taranaki; it's beautiful, and I've caught some great waves there.

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