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" I'm sort of a gay man trapped in a woman's body when it comes to music sometimes - it's crowded in here! "
Sia
Sometimes
Music
Man
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" I'd had a relationship with a woman when I was 20, but nobody cared then. As it came out at the same time as my fame, I started to have panic attacks. "
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" I think that, to some degree, being irreverent is the only reason I continue to be successful. "
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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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" My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men at Work. "
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" I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. But also, I would like not to be picked apart or for people to observe when I put on 10 pounds or take off 10 pounds, or I have a hair extension out of place, or my fake tan is botched. "
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" 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. "
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" I really don't know anything about music. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't want to be followed by paparazzi; that terrifies me. "
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" The 'victim to victory' theory is that, if you listen to the radio, a large percentage of the hits are... about victim to victory, like, 'I'm having a terrible time.' And then the pre-chorus is, 'I don't know what's gonna happen next.' And the chorus is, 'Now I'm brilliant, and everything is great, because something happened to make it great.' "
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" I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like a song so much, I keep it for myself. "
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" I was really bored of making downtempo albums. "
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" I'm trying to have some control over my image. "
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" I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. "
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" I think it's impossible not to see something you wanted happen to someone else and maybe wish it for yourself. "
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" 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. "
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" If Amy Winehouse was a beehive, then I guess I'm a blonde bob. "
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" I'm impressionable, that's for sure. "
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