Xavier Rudd Quotes

Music has this emotional thing to it, and it touches people in crazy ways. The power of having that power is something that, once you have it, you don't want it to ever end.

All art to me is an empathetic act. Whoever's telling a story is trying to transfer emotion into someone else.

I want to touch people's lives with my music and my lyrics.

When an audience comes to one of my concerts, I hope they'll see themselves, somewhere, in one of the songs.

It's a unique thing, and it's probably the thing I love most about songs and music - their ability to connect in a human way.

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

I hope that I can make music that helps people in some way or that they can connect with, and that I can just live a life where I'm surrounded by people that I love.

Music is still above all else the thing that does it for me.

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

People will come up to me at shows and tell me that a song touched them in a completely different way than I wrote it. That's fun. Fans translating it in their own way.

Music is supposed to create an associate level, wherein I and you and you and I can associate without any misunderstanding.

The true beauty of music is that it connects people. It carries a message, and we, the musicians, are the messengers.

Whenever you write music, you want it to touch people on a certain level. I mean, I've been reading tweets about 'Troublemaker' and people saying 'OMG, I can so relate to this - this is a guy that I fancy, or a girl that I fancy; it's exactly like this person.'

Music has always been profoundly important to me.

Music was a large part of my life. and it is a bit cliche, but it's a way people come together.

There's a great energy and drive that takes precedence in a lot of rock and pop. It's about making a strong visceral connection. That's something that I think great classical music can have, too.

I believe 100 percent in the power and importance of music.

Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.

As a songwriter, I do kind of look at 'Santa Monica' as a thing outside of itself, because it isn't just my song. This is a song a lot of people tell me is a part of their high school or college years. That means a lot to me.

The great musicians are those who can reach people, who can make people feel something.

I think you can see that in the show. Music was my touchstone. Music is still much more important to me.

When Marvin Gaye made his music, he evoked this feeling that would reach everybody.

That's what's amazing about songwriting: you can write a story that everyone connects to.

That's the power of fiction, that it can take the collective and make it personal.

Sometimes the music will tell you where to go. And when you find that place I believe is when you're just connecting to the feelings and the heart and the people you're with.