Sia Furler

I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy.

I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted.

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

I always dreamed of writing in an orchestral context. But when you finish a piece, you want to hear it. So we played everything with Phish.

I miss America because it's where I grew up. I miss the size of the roads, the size of cars, the malls, the choices of radio.

As the mother of a grown son with a traumatic brain injury, I couldn't be more excited about the prospect of finding out how to repair even a small part of the damage that changed his life.