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" I thought I was going to be an actor. I liked entertaining. I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age. My family was kind of musical, and there were people in the circus next door and actors across the road. I just enjoyed messing around with music growing up, but I really thought I was going to be an actor. "

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" I have a family I love. They tend to say, 'Great job!' Or 'You work really hard! Good for you!' Or 'You look nice today!' Or 'Don't be ridiculous, order the fries!' Or 'You are hilarious.' That's all the family I need. "

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Work

Today

" It takes me, like, half an hour to write the lyrics for a song. They just come out. "

" I just want to be a good storyteller. "

" I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.' "

" I'm a fan of the Strokes, so my big fantasy was that one day I would get to sing with them. "

" The hour and a half I'm on stage is my favourite part of the day when I'm on tour because the only part I really love is the interaction with the audience. "

" I liked Olivia Newton-John. "

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Olivia

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

" I'm just a follower. "

Sia

Just

Follower

" When I'm in a songwriting phase, it's a phase. I don't just suddenly feel inspired and then write a song, because I always write with a co-writer. "

" About 50 percent of the songs on the radio are like, 'Live like tomorrow doesn't exist. Like it's my birthday. Like it's the last day of my life'... Such a large percentage of pop music is really about party time. "

" The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in. Because I have a list of possible titles and concepts, and I expand on that. "

" I don't need security detail; I don't need anything special. I just walk around, and I can do that, and that's a real luxury when you're in my industry. "

" '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

" A lot of people come up to me expecting to meet the person they have seen perform. It's not going to happen, unless my mania, my stage person, responds to them and not the real me. "

Sia

Real

Person

" 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. "

" I love the idea of how fast can we make the song, but I don't think that I'm necessarily, like, a super-talented songwriter. I think I'm just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit. "

Sia

Song

Think

" I'll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don't have to be famous. "

" I try not to do too much self-analysis apart from when I'm actually paying $170 an hour for it. I try to keep it in the room. "

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

" I refrain from blaming anything on my parents. "

" I appreciate my music is famous, but I'd rather my face wasn't so that I can just live a normal life. "

" I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do. "

" I'm really visually stimulated more than anything. I don't really listen to music. I'm more into watching telly or watching movies and visual art. "

" When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was a famous 'something artistic,' that they would love me more. "

" My goal is to give girls and boys a different idea of expression. It's not always about looking pretty or cute. It's about expressing yourself however that may be, even if that's being silly or goofy or weird. "

" I love visual gags and gimmicks; I love them. "

" I don't want to be followed by paparazzi; that terrifies me. "

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Followed

Paparazzi

" The truth is that you shouldn't match your insides to other people's outsides. Life is an inside job, and we just have to do our best. "

" When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity. "