Kevin Parker Quotes

I haven't just come up with a hit - I'm not like a one-hit-wonder - I've been here for ages. No one is questioning my ability, so just enjoy the wave, spread the wave.

There's no doubt in my mind or anyone else's mind that people like Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding, and Sam Smith are where they are because they're supremely talented people, and I have a lot of respect for them.

Becoming a Top Ten artist has surprised me.

I think that, occasionally, fame and popularity can garner more attention for individuals or films. But as a person who believes in my craft, I like the romantic notion that skill and hard work is more important than notoriety.

It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.

Even as a kid, I never wanted to be famous; I wanted to be good.

Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking sales in lesser-known countries.

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after.

Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.

The music sold itself before anybody knew who I was.

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

I do want to sell as many records and win as many awards as I can. The awards though, they don't necessarily determine if you're good or not. I know that now.

Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom', only talent can keep you at the top.

I've gotten tons of awards and I believe when it's my time to get a Grammy, I'll get a Grammy.

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent.

I got really noticed by record labels and that's how I got signed.

Once you are accepted as a star, as a good artiste, nothing else matters.

The music industry really is a meritocracy on a creative level.

Part of being a pop star is image. I'm told by many of my female fans that I was the poster on their bedroom walls. But if I only had that - the image and the beauty and the curly locks - I would have been a 'normal' pop star, one who comes and goes after one hit record.

We were overwhelmed by how much the first album connected with people, but I wouldn't put us in the 'pop star' realm.

Good work will come to you when your film does well.

There are a bunch of talented bands out there... So yeah, I often think, 'Why aren't these people onstage and why do I have a microphone?'

Fame is an accident; merit a thing absolute.