When I was 10, my parents really valued success in the arts, and I thought if I was … - Sia Furler

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Music is my favorite thing in the world. I grew up completely around it and I think it's one of the most important things to me, but at this point I can't see myself doing that professionally. Luckily, for the most part, I don't feel pressured.

Sia Furler

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.

Art, Parent, Artistic, Valued, Parents

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

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When people say, "Show your face, you're not ugly. " I want to say, "I know. I'm not doing it because I think I'm ugly; I'm trying to have some control over my image. And I'm allowed to maintain some modicum of privacy. But also I'd like not to be picked apart or for people to observe when I put on ten pounds or I have a hair extension out of place. " Most people don't have to be under that pressure, and I'd like to be one of them. I don't go on Twitter. Because when people say things like, I don't know, "I hope you get cancer and die," it hurts my feelings.

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

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

Downsides, Honest, Horror, Horrors, People

Worst music ever sells millions. The worst music with the shittiest lyrics. The fact is that they pay radio stations to put it on the radio, then you've heard it a million times when you're driving from your shitty job to your shitty house. It's indoctrination, it's sad.

Fact, House, Jobs, Radio, Shitty, Worst

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