Sia Furler Quotes

I think the reason I got into the music business was basically for the live aspect of it.

Believe it or not, most people think of me as a recording artist, but actually the way I think of myself and the way I earn my living is as a performing artist.

I literally left school and went straight into music via art college for a year, and I've been so involved in my job of writing songs that the more actively involved part became channeled into standing on the stage and saying things that way.

I constantly tour, even when I don't have a record out.

I want to continue to do music and stay on the stage because I love the stage. And I want to continue to write songs.

If you had a successful TV show, people wanted to see you live. Promoters had had practice with pop groups, and 'Python' achieved a similar status. We also had lots of rock star fans - George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Robert Plant. Promoters saw that and liked it.

Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go home and I go on to the next show.

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV.

I do probably 60 concerts a year in the States. And I go out to clubs in the week. I'm doing new stuff all the time.

I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.

I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.

If someone tied me down and made me answer the question, singer, actress, clothing designer, I most likely - it could change on any given day, but mostly likely I would lean towards singing. It's where I feel most like myself - on stage singing.

I make records so I can go on tour. There's nothing else. I love to go out and play for people.

I taught myself to play guitar and sing. I ended up writing a lot of music and had a band and was playing in bars and pubs all around Sydney, going on tour. I played with some pretty big bands in Australia.

It's great to play live. I love it and appreciate it more than I did in the early days. It's a central part of being in A-ha.

As long as I can write songs, make a record and do concerts, I'm really quite happy.

I just want to play shows and write songs and make music. That's what feels good.

The writing is everything of course but you can't be making records and not be willing to go out there and perform.

I think that it's crucial. I think that playing live, if you want to be an artist - that's what artists do.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

I've always loved music. I've worked on music and written music, but, it wasn't until I was actually on the road full time with WWE that I put my first album out.

Apart from working on music, I'd rather play big festivals than almost anything else.

I'm in a band, I sing live.

When I got to LA and was with the James Gang, I got the opportunity to write a lot, to play in front of large audiences, make some money.

I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do.