Sia

When you have a lot of people telling you what you are and perceiving you in a certain way, it's difficult to find your own identity.

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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.

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I'm impressionable, that's for sure.

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

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Life is pretty surreal and awesome.

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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.

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

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

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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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We all need to stand together and be a part of creating the future we hope to see.

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I can clear my mind, and lyrics just come out; it's very easy for me.

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I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.

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

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When you're in a different place every day, there's this kind of madness that sets in.

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

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

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The weirder the better for me.

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As a person, I'm a good person who shows up for my friends. I do my best to be good. As an artist, I have no idea.

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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.

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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.

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