Tash Sultana Quotes

You can go to some countries where people may not be able to conversate with you, but they can sing your lyrics word for word.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

I couldn't live without music. I experienced things through music in different countries where you cannot speak the same language, but the music and the dance relates everything.

Music is just another language, but it's very special because it crosses everyone's borders.

To be selling out shows and these kids who don't speak English singing along every word? It's wild.

Musicians can travel all over the world and have an audience, because there's no language barrier.

I am very happy to be able to cross borders to go to China, to Mexico, to America, everywhere, and there is an instant understanding of what I do. This is incredibly beautiful because you've suddenly communicated with everyone without speaking the same language. The language of music is able to go anywhere.

It's so wild to be able to say that I can do shows in front of thousands of people and have them sing my songs in Korean and in English - that is wild to me.

Music goes beyond nationalities - it's a language which you can understand in any country.

Music is common language. I can sing 'Bebot' in front of white people and they will dance.

I've been in situations like in Tokyo where people sang my song word for word and then when the music stopped, they couldn't speak to me. I've seen the music break the language barrier.

Music should be able to invoke the natural emotions in all human beings. Music is not notes fixed on apiece of paper.

Music has no race. It appeals to everybody.

Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.

I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step onstage, and people might not speak much English, but they know every word to your songs. It's kind of freaky, but it's really cool.

I think wherever you go, when people hear good music, they will react to it.

That's what I love about music. It's immediate. There's a connection whether you are playing at Hyde Park or Chicago, and it's been happening since the beginning of time and the troubadours.

To me, music is entertainment - what else can it be? In fact, it's the only language I know of that's universal.

The stuff that I dig, it's usually got a soulful component to it. A singer that I really like. I might not understand the language that they're singing in, but I'm really communing with this person.

It's amazing when you're playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they're singing parts of your song back to you.

I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.

No matter what language you speak, music can relate to you in some way, and when that 'Tip Toe' beat drops, it can instantly do something to you. It has the power to move you.

One thing that brings everyone together are the lyrics. Even if the people singing don't know the Japanese words, they still sing along.

Just when you think we're living in a little bit of a divided world, music brings us together.

Music has no borders, which is most important.