Madison Keys Quotes

People thought we were a joke because we got noticed so fast.

People think I'm an overnight success. No. It's just that you all found me overnight.

'Idol' was more of a competition, and that was more of a platform that I wanted to get a hold of and get on top of. And I finally got that opportunity, and now it's more like, I just gotta show and prove myself to everybody that I'm not just the 'balladeer.'

I was an overnight sensation.

In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.

Would I like to be the lead girl? Who wouldn't?

You think that if you are the best actor, you deserve the most or if you are the biggest star, you deserve the most. That race just isn't important to me.

You don't do a play to compete for an award. This was the argument I always had over the Oscars. I didn't win them. They were given to me. All I did was 2 films. People always say the analogy is Olympic gold medals.

I concentrated on Rossini when I began, and I never really felt any competition. I sang in the best houses, and I believed I was always a first choice. I was lucky in a way - I never felt there was someone else who was getting the roles in another theatre and that we were competing.

I was thrown into the spotlight pretty quickly at UCLA.

If you get into the main draw of a Grand Slam, then you've made your mark and proved that's where you belong.

I'd like to win Rookie of the Year.

As a player you want to be on the big stage.

I get to share the stage with some of the best.

So many people have to struggle for years, very few bands get success with their first record, but I was instantly successful and famous on a very large scale, which was scary.

I understand that, in this league, there are a lot of guys who can be All Stars, be superstars, so timing and circumstance plays a huge role.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

I just want to be a great player.

In superficial terms, to have an orchestral career is to be better than others, or at least to be chosen over others on that particular occasion; it is a form of survival.

The applause we give those who are new to society often proceeds from a secret envying of those already established.

Even if you're the best singer in the world, there's a good chance no one will ever hear you.

You're not gonna be known as nothing if you don't win.

No matter where you are in the game, no matter how successful you might be, there will always be others out there who are more talented or more beautiful or more connected than you. Get used to it! If you start dwelling on everybody else's genius, it'll become a huge wave of doubt.

The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event.

If you're good enough, the referee doesn't matter.