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" I'm acting a lot when I'm writing for other people. "
Sia
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" The accolades don't nourish me - being with loved ones and my dogs does. "
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" I love to dance. I have always been the first on the dance floor, but I'm not teachable. I couldn't learn 'five, six, seven, eight' if my life depended on it. "
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" I love the writing and performing, but everything in between sucks. "
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" I'm impressionable, that's for sure. "
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" 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.' "
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" Married life is awesome. "
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" All I really want to do is things I haven't done. 'I'm gonna put a paper bag on my head and be on the cover of 'Billboard,' see what I can get away with - if they'll let me.' And they let me. And I am literally giggling inside for, like, a month that I got away with it. "
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