Jessica Mauboy Quotes

I love when people are coming up and they're working hard and you can see that they're really focused on the process to their music. I really dig that. As a musician, it's nice to see people who really care about the process.

I didn't just want to be Frank's daughter who sang Boots. I take my music very seriously and studied very hard. It's not a joke to me.

I think there are always people who, when they get the bug to play an instrument, they want to get as good as they can with it rather than just be simply adequate at it. You run into them every once in a while - some kid who wants to be the next Stevie Ray Vaughan, for whatever reason, and plays exactly like him.

Music is my sport, and I'm the number-one athlete.

I'm a very competitive person. But I think that's good.

I take laser tag incredibly seriously. I am an extremely competitive person - most likely a little over the top at times, but that's just who I am.

An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.

There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.

In the beginning of my career, I wanted to be chased by girls more than anything - that's why I got the guitar. By the time we were in ABBA, the music was the only important thing.

Someone like Russell Crowe is questioned for his passion for music, and whatever he does, music is just in his heart and soul. All he wants to do is music.

Music is not a contest, it's not a competition, so giving out trophies seems a little bit like the sporting world I left behind when I was a kid.

Music is not a game to me. I take it very seriously.

I'm quite a competitive person, so I do quite like to win.

A lot of people may not know how competitive it is to play classical music, because when you think about it, the music that you're playing is music that's been here for years. And all you're trying to do is improve upon it when you play.

I've always been a very competitive person.

Let's pretend my career in music is a bell. Whether you like my music or not is up to you. But you've got to admit I rang that bell pretty hard and pretty often.

I began playing drums when I was seven and guitar when I was fourteen, but it wasn't until the early '90s that I took music seriously.

I still love playing music. It was all I ever wanted to do, and I got the chance to do it.

You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music.

I think that, initially, I was most passionate about music and particularly about playing the piano. I started playing when I was nine, and I was obsessed with it, really. I wouldn't even go spend the night at a friend's unless they had a piano. But I didn't have the chops, the extraordinary talent to be able to play the piano professionally.

Music is something that you really have to want to do it, and there has to be a reason behind it.

I love sports, and I'm a hugely competitive person.

When we started, it was so intense: it was like a religion. And when you played with Duane Allman, you either gave it your all or you got out.

To me, music is not a stunt. Music is not a joke. I take every lick of music that I've ever played very serious.

Of course, music is an art form, and it's not all that competitive. But we don't ever intend to be the second-best band on a stage at any show.