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" I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don't care if they think I'm like someone else because I know I'm not - I'm a total weirdo. I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. I'm just trying to sell music and get on with my real life. "

Sia

Music

People

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Place

" Probably from, like, 10 to 14 or 15, I would just listen to pop radio. "

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Radio

" So where a lot of people will spend three weeks on one song, I will write 10 in three weeks. Maybe the song that they sculpt is going to be as successful as just one of the 10 that I wrote. "

" Just, whenever you can, get up and sing at a gig or jam. If you have a chance, take it and keep on getting up. Keep going - but not If people boo, 'cause that's just mean. I think that could be setting yourself for disappointment. "

" Melody is pure intuition. I don't use any thinking brain when I do that. That's totally in the zone. "

" I used to be addicted to 'Reader's Digest' growing up. I would read the stories about love, and I guess that's where I became a hopeless romantic. I draw from that a lot. "

Sia

Romantic

Love

" 'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals. "

Sia

Lyrics

Four

" I can clear my mind, and lyrics just come out; it's very easy for me. "

" I don't really leave the house. "

" I'm just completely obsessed with Die Antwoord. "

" I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "

" I like the Carpenters and Elvis. "

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Elvis

" Fame made me develop a panic disorder. "

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Fame

Panic

" I'm trying to have some control over my image. "

" I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age. "

" I don't go to shows because I just want to listen to the music performed live. I want to get to know the person who's performing it. Or I want to, like, take away a sense that I had an experience that nobody else is going to have again, or a unique experience for that moment. "

" People aren't honest about the horrors of fame. The downsides are so overwhelming that, for me, there is no payoff. "

" I'm acting a lot when I'm writing for other people. "

" I was really bored of making downtempo albums. "

" I refrain from blaming anything on my parents. "

" You never know what I'm gonna do. "

" Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening. "

" I started dating JD Samson from Le Tigre, and suddenly I was listening to more up-tempo music and old dance music, like ESG and Gang of Four, and I thought, 'Wow. This is fun.' "

" I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy. "

" There are probably five songs in the world that I get excited about when I hear them on the radio. "

" The accolades don't nourish me - being with loved ones and my dogs does. "

" I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at. "

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Really

Good

" When you're in a different place every day, there's this kind of madness that sets in. "