Sia Furler Quotes

Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and that story requires songs. And not just good songs, but great songs. After a while, great songs won't do - they have to be the best. Success doesn't make it any easier. Each time I start a new record, it's a brand-new search.

I've been fortunate that when Frank Sinatra was in concert, he would say, 'Here's a song by a wonderful young songwriter, Jimmy Webb,' and I'd be in the front row and stand up. That gets people talking about you.

A lot of time, if you spend too much time in Nashville, songwriters get caught up in charts and numbers and the music business politics.

I'm uneasy with fame so I do my best to avoid places that will bring me more attention.

Being in a band is far more than playing an instrument. It's surviving. It's getting an album together.

I love that Bob Dylan asked me to be in the first movie he wrote.

I'd love to be a rockstar.

I do promotion when it is necessary, but I always want to get back to the music.

The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn't out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It's not like I love interviews.

I want to work with Justin Timberlake.

We need a hit, so here I go.

You need a bit more to be a pop star than just a good voice.

When you're in a band, you're just trying to do whatever you can to keep your band together. You're thinking very inwardly, very myopic.

I want to write with Taylor Swift!

I like working with new artists.

I never got into this business to do interviews. It was always about the music.

You can always spot the professionals. Taylor Swift, she knows what she's doing.

I approached my career like a rapper. I would go to every open mic, every studio session, bringing my beats. I would almost do exactly what a rapper would do to get on.

My least favorite thing about being in a band is photo shoots and video shoots. I like writing songs.

One thing about being in Metallica is I've always felt challenged.

Gucci is a guy that promoted me to the fullest. It don't matter where we go.

For 12 years, I was playing writer's rounds.

I've been fortunate to work with artists that are at the top of their respective genres. That allowed me to learn from them and their success.

I was always a composer since I was a kid, but the BMI Workshop is where the networking really all stems from. So many writers and influences and ways of communicating all sprang out of the time I was a member of that workshop.

I love Chris Brown. He's a superstar. He's one of the best singers out there.