Sia Quotes

Knowing now what goes into making a successful artist, it's disheartening.

I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist.

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

I've got thick skin and an elastic heart.

I liked when I was naive and I thought it was just about making good music.

I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars.

I may cry ruining my make up, Wash away all things you've taken.. I don't care if I don't look pretty, Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking.

I don't want to be famous, or recognizable.

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

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'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.

Fame made me develop a panic disorder.

It was really shocking to me that when I was dating a dude I could get married and my taxes were 8 grand less, blah blah blah.

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.

I don't really even go out that much now except to walk my dogs, because I don't want to be recognised.

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

People call me for the ballads. Apparently that's where I've been pigeonholed. But it's really interesting and really fun. It's my favourite part of the job, writing.

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.

I was born pretty lucky, an Aryan Australian, friendly girl, that gives you a lot of advantages in the world. I was unaware of people's fights or struggles for equality. I was really naive.

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

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

I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.

I love visual gags and gimmicks; I love them.

I like bands for a long time, even when they're not trendy anymore. I still like Arcade Fire. I've always liked Stevie Wonder.

Being hunted, paparazzi-style , doesn't appeal to me.

I'm just completely obsessed with Die Antwoord.

I don't know anything about the history of music.

I was weirdly obsessed with music until I was 11, and then I turned into a nerd.

Like when I'm singing live I can't hear myself. I'm just listening to the rest of the band. To listen to my voice, it doesn't even feel like it's me.

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

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.

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.

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

Help, I have done it again I have been here many times before Hurt myself again today And the worst part is There's no-one else to blame.

I think it would be very difficult to maintain one kind of art or whatever for your whole life. I think it's unrealistic.

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 don't love performing, because it's nerve-racking and it's time - consuming to rehearse a whole set - and my time can often be better served writing music and just making it and putting it out.

There's time limits on how long people's attention spans will work. There's six weeks in each territory that you're really famous, then you, thank god, disappear again.

I don't read reviews or interviews or anything, just because I'm afraid; If I believed the good, then I'd believe the bad, and there will be bad.

I don't need to be rich anymore; I don't need to be a millionaire.

I think my mission is to be in business so I can create a positive impact that will uplift the others around me. (p. 78)

Whatever achievements and successes I've had didn't happen overnight. It is all a product of guidance, hard work, careful planning, and intense, passionate execution over many years. (p. 69)

You have to shelf your excitement and be realistic about your internal and external strengths and weaknesses. (p.70)

Like blood, money is a blessing that should be shared, but you must be a responsible giver.

Don't be afraid if your idea is crazy, because good things come from crazy ideas. (p. 96)

I was excited to do something, even if I didn't know what it was. I think you need that feeling—that excitement, that fire—to make your dreams a reality. (p.59)

My dad is an egomaniac.

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

I'm just trying to work out a way to be a singer and to create cool content. I'm willing to do that as an entertainer. But I'm not willing to give up my actual self.

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