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" I'm very easily influenced, and I'm also a quick study, so I think when I decided I wanted to write pop songs, I literally just listened to pop radio for six months to get a feel for it and understand it. "

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" I have never made money selling records. I have never really made money touring, either, or with merchandise, surprisingly. But I do make money by just having my songs in the background of television shows or in commercials or movie trailers. That's been really good. "

Sia

Television

Never

Selling

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

" When you're entertaining all day long and that's your work, you end up really very tired. You don't have a lot of energy left over for your loved ones. "

" 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. "

" I got a little bit famous. I didn't like it. "

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

" I get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want. "

" Fame made me develop a panic disorder. "

Sia

Fame

Panic

" I just wanted to have a private life. "

" 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. "

" When I write promotionally, I guess I give away the ones I'm less connected to. "

" I don't need to sing in front of thousands, as I can sing in the shower. "

" 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. "

" '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

" Life is pretty surreal and awesome. "

" 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. "

" When I was outed by Perez Hilton as bisexual, I suddenly started being asked personal questions, which was really difficult. "

" I guess I don't know if I'm comfortable with fame or touring or promo or any of that stuff, and I really discovered that I love working for people and co-writing and working under someone. "

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

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

Sia

Followed

Paparazzi

" I think I managed to trick people a little bit into thinking I'm more arty by making creative, artistic, visual work and applying it to commercial music. Maybe. I don't know. "

" I refrain from blaming anything on my parents. "

" I don't really identify as gay; I don't really know what I am. "

" I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing. "

" I'm never going to sing the words, 'I want to shut down the club,' never, ever. "

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

" I'm sort of a gay man trapped in a woman's body when it comes to music sometimes - it's crowded in here! "

" 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. "

" I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted. "