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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.' "

Sia

You

Victory

" That's the thing about awards - it's for the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes. An award is just a clap at them. "

" If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous. "

" I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. "

Sia

Selling

Fame

" I don't care about commercial success. I get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want. "

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

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

Sia

Just

Radio

" 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. "

" Usually, the song will tell me who it belongs to. It seems clear to me who would do a good job with it, who it suits. "

" I just want to be a good storyteller. "

" 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. "

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

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

" A lot of the time, I don't actually relate to what I'm writing about in pop songs. "

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

" I really felt like 'Chandelier' was a big pop song. But we weren't sure what would happen if I wasn't willing to show my face and do promo and go on tour and do the traditional kind of pop strategy. So I had no expectations. "

" 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. "

" I hope I am a psychotherapist's dream. I've spent enough hours in therapy. "

Sia

I Am

Hope

" I had hundreds of thousands of dollars of tax penalties. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes, after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I'll be like, 'I have to keep it. I love it too much.' "

" I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I just wanted to have a private life. "

" There's this image of us on the red carpet, being really fancy, and then there's the reality. "

" 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. "