I don't care what people think of me, unless they think I'm mean or something, but I don't care if they think I'm like someone else because I know I'm not - I'm a total weirdo. I'm not selling a dream; I'm not selling fame like it is some sort of fantastic thing. I'm just trying to sell music and get on with my real life.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a rejection of societal standards and pressures in favor of authenticity.
In this quote, Sia highlights the importance of being true to oneself amidst external opinions and expectations. She emphasizes that while she doesn't mind being perceived as unconventional or a 'weirdo,' she is ultimately focused on her music and living her genuine life rather than pursuing fame for its own sake. This reflects a deeper understanding that personal authenticity is more valuable than societal approval.
In practice
In a talk about personal identity, you might say, 'As Sia pointed out, being true to oneself is far more important than seeking validation from others.'
I don't go to shows because I just want to listen to the music performed live. I want to get to know the person who's performing it. Or I want to, like, take away a sense that I had an experience that nobody else is going to have again, or a unique experience for that moment.
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.
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.
He was one of the masters of the thriller and he really was one of the great signposts, because he took the spy thriller out of the gentility of the drawing room and into the back streets of Istanbul and where it all really happened, ... The Day of the Jackal.
Between beauty of expression and power of expression there is a difference of function. The first aims at pleasing the senses, the second has a spiritual vitality which for me is more moving and goes deeper than the senses.
If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme.
To me, music shouldn't be ego-driven. When you go out on stage and play songs, it is. But when you're sitting in a room, writing songs, it's a completely different process. It's a completely different place. It's a creative place, a musical place. It has nothing to do with who likes what.
He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
But I lie. I embellish. My words are not deep enough. They disguise, they conceal. I will not rest until I have told of my descent into a sensuality which was as dark, as magnificent, as wild, as my moments of mystic creation have been dazzling, ecstatic, exalted.
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