When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share Image
For me, surfing is as close a connection I can have with Mother Nature. To surf, you're riding a pulse of energy from Mother… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
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… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
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… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
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… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
My dad was a really good surfer, and by the time I was 10, he was dragging me out on some good days at… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
Follow, follow the sun, and which way the wind blows, when this day is done. Breathe, breathe in the air. Set your intentions. Dream… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
The music comes through me, and I let it come the way it comes, and it shapes itself. I just hold space for it.… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
The music industry is not set up well at all, environmentally. But I sing about what I feel, and I'm very inspired by activists… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
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… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
Surf culture and surfing for me are two completely different things. Surf culture has become very - it's a very commercial, competitive thing, fashionable.… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
It's about listening to the land and being patient and being ready to absorb our dreaming or our path or our destiny slowly, with… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
I love New Zealand and don't get to come there much. The south coast of Australia and New Zealand have a similar vibration, and… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
My music is roots music: it's a combination of growing up on the coast and mucking around with wood and wooden tones and sounds,… — Xavier Rudd Copy Share
