Top 10 ARIAs backstage quotes

1. “What we do is a joke. We just rock up, play our stuff, go home and get drunk, hehe.” Eskimo Joe provide an insight into the hard work that won them an ARIA.

2. “A few jokes? Give me a break! ‘Get off like a Hoff’ – what does that mean? I’m trying to figure that one out. I’m in the rest room last night and I’m ‘get off like a Hoff’, hehe. David (“don’t call me Hoff”) Hasselhoff shares one of many Hoff jokes currently circulating around the world.

3. “Leaving Cold Chisel was probably one of the hardest things I ever did.” Jimmy Barnes talking about one of the most significant moments in his career.

4. “We rock harder than anyone else in Australia.” It’s official - Grinspoon are the top dogs!

5. “I was a big John Farnham freak and just wanted to meet him. My dream was to be his backup singer.” Anthony Callea speaks about his admiration for John Farnham.

6. “Probably very unlikely to happen - I couldn’t handle the creative control.” Mia Dyson speaking about the chances of her signing to a major label.

7. “We’d like to thank Jet for not being nominated and Missy for not being eligible.” Eskimo Joe give us their “real” acceptance speech after winning the Best Group award.

8. “I was a massive fan of Rodney Rude and it feels like the baton has been passed.” Tripod after picking up Best Comedy Release.

9. “Perth rocks man, we love it. There’s a lot of good bands back home. So it’s good that someone gets something. Hopefully this (ARIA win) opens the floodgates.” End Of Fashion after picking up the Breakthrough Artist award for ‘O Yeah’.

10. “There’s a lot to do with image in Australian Idol obviously. When you enter your music into Unearthed, it’s nothing to do with what you look like or how you present yourself on television or what you dress like. I guess it’s more to do with your composition and the way that you perform. I think the main difference is the difference between television entertainment and I guess composition and writing your own music.” Missy Higgins on the difference between Australian Idol and Triple J’s Unearthed.

Danny Canak

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ARIA Awards 2005 - the backstage quotes