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I want to check the record books and see how many fathers and daughters have won Grammys together. — Norah Jones
Most of the time - at the Grammys for example - a DJ will perform with just their hands in the air because they can't do anything and that makes it a little awkward, I think. — Tiesto
"[My Beautiful] Dark [Twisted] Fantasy" and "Watch the Throne": neither was nominated for Album of the Year, and I made both of those in one year. I don't know if this is statistically right, but I'm assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven't won one against a white person. But the thing is, I don't care about the Grammys; I just would like for the statistics to be more accurate. — Kanye West
Well, today the Grammys is much much better than the Oscars. I think the differences in the shows are that the Grammys are much wilder. The Oscars is much more people in the industry. And people dress wilder, I think, at the Grammys. — Steve Martin
I think the Grammys are nothing more than some gigantic promotional machine for the music industry. They cater to a low intellect and they feed the masses. They don't honor the arts or the artist for what he created. It's the music business celebrating itself. — Maynard James Keenan
The Grammys are supposed to be awards for artistic excellence ... Iggy Azalea's not excellent, — Azealia Banks
If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers ... I barely got asked to do an interview. — Robert Glasper
Tinseltown is eerily silent when The Oscars, The Emmys and The Grammys, The Sag Awards, and The Golden Globes aren't in full swing. — Amanda Eliasch
Growing up, people are like, 'Mary, we'll see you at the Grammys.' You're like, 'I'll be at the Grammys.' Then, you're actually at the Grammys! That actually is happening; it's not just something people are saying because they like your music. It's real! — Mary Lambert
I was in a bluegrass band. I made two records with a band called the SteelDrivers. They were nominated for two Grammys. I then I was in a rock band called the Junction Brothers; we made kind of '70s hard rock music. — Chris Stapleton
The Grammys make me hate music, and certainly everyone in the ass-licking music industry. — Trent Reznor
The night I was recognized for 'Daughters' at the Grammys was the night this record started. I knew I had bought the time to learn everything I needed before I started this one. 'Continuum' is not a shot in the dark, it's not a guesstimation. — John Mayer
I don't need material things like gold and platinum records on my wall, Grammys or Hall Of Fame nods. — Tommy Lee
I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys. — Toby Keith
As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment. — Taylor Swift
Everything I know about pop culture I know from 'The Simpsons,' and they say the Grammys aren't very good. — Jonny Greenwood
I want the services to look and sound like the Grammys. It's not showy, but we represent God, and it should be first class. — Joel Osteen
Going from someone playing 15-people venues to performing at the Grammys, it was this giant leap and sort of showed me it was possible with what I wanted to do and the kind of music I wanted to write and artist I want to be to impact a lot of people. — Mary Lambert
My life goal right now is to die a good man, with a good heart, soul, and mind, with a good family, and a couple Grammys. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett
I understand that artists and critics make a big deal over the Grammys. But when I go to my shows and I'm selling out arenas in London, and when I'm in Australia and Japan, there aren't any Grammys there. There are human beings who I've touched. There are human beings who are inspired by me, who I love dearly. And that's what my career is based on. — Nicki Minaj
The Grammys used me for ratings. And they were up 18 percent! — Justin Timberlake
Benjamin Franklin didnt win 21 Grammys right? — Kanye West
Bigger than the Beatles? Well, how many grammys did they win? Exactly, none, yet I have one, and I've never even released a CD. — Zach Braff
Even though the popularity and the fanbase is much much greater, and more people have heard about me through things like the Grammys and the Ivors and touring and word of mouth, it doesn't reflect in the sales of the record and doesn't go into my pocket. — Imogen Heap
The Grammys thing doesn't even touch my world at all. — J. Robbins
If Americans thought music and art belonged together, they wouldn't have the Grammys. — Kristin Hersh
There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys. — Patrick Carney
[Justin Bieber]'s rich, right? Grammys are for music and not money. He's making a lot of money. He should be happy with that. — Patrick Carney
People always complain about The Grammys because they're not a pop contest, but they're not supposed to be a pop contest. They're about excellence. — Emily Lazar
Grammys, American Music Awards, successful albums, I'd pick my kids any day over any of it. — Toni Braxton
I actually met Deadmau5 for the first time on the red carpet in Hollywood for the Grammys. I was there with my daughter, and he introduced himself to me. He said, 'Hey, I'm from Toronto.' I had a little conversation with him, and then I realized I'm talking to a guy with a giant mouse head. — Paul Shaffer
Country is not what you heard on the Grammys. — Crystal Gayle
When those people get up at the Grammys and say, "I thank God", I always imagine God going, "Oh, don't, please don't thank me for that one. Please, oh, that's an awful one! Don't thank me for that - that's a piece of crap !" — Bono
Not many people are able to say that they had in their professional career the chance to perform in two bands that won Grammys and were multiplatinum bands. — Scott Weiland
I want to produce with people that are going to be on the charts and win Grammys because having regular old street songs is cool, but I did all that already. — AraabMuzik
I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on. — Celine Dion
All my life, I was even just wanted to attend the Grammys, like, just be there, so the fact that I'm nominated for Best New Artist, it feels like a dream. — Tori Kelly
From the start, I've always admired Eminem's thinking. That's the reason I wanted to appear on the Grammys with him when I was asked. Eminem has the balls to say what he feels and to make offensive things funny. That's very necessary today in America, with people being muzzled and irony becoming a lost art. Artists like Eminem who use their free speech to get a point across are vitally important. There just aren't many people in the world with balls that big and talent that awesome. — Elton John
I used to love, and I still do, Lee Ann Womack. And Alison Krauss. I mean, how many Grammys does she have? She's just remained solid and true and great, and I respect that. — Kacey Musgraves
Real talent doesn't always win championships, like real music doesn't always win Grammys. — Drake
I spent 25 years clearly understanding that I'm not gonna meet Bono or the Edge. But then it happened at the Grammys when we were all backstage and I just about fell out of my shoes. — Kristian Bush
I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play. — Taylor Swift
When you win an award from the Grammys, it means a lot 'cause it's voted on by 100% by the people. It's not like some old guy sitting at a desk picking. It's doesn't work like that. It's voted on by your peers in the music industry. — Paul Wall
I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal. — Tyler, The Creator
I wore a mullet to the Grammys! I have no fear. — Zendaya
I have crushes, but they're all too old. Like Beyonce -she has a husband, I might get shot. I went up to give Beyonce a hug at the Grammys and Jay-Z said, watch out buddy! He was kidding, but you know ... — Justin Bieber
I watched her perform on the Grammys and she totally sucked. The song 'All I Want to Do is Have Some Fun' sucks and when she walked out of that place with all those Grammies I knew I was going to give mine away. I did. If they're giving them away for crap, I don't want one in my place. What an insult to real music and musicians everywhere. — Henry Rollins
It's not just the 'Grammys' that I've pulled out of. I also pulled out of the English awards as well. The reason that I wanted to pull out was because I believe very much that the music industry as a whole is mainly concerned with material success. — Alanis Morissette
I want to be on stage and perform and win Grammys and help out my family in Bulgaria, because they are struggling, and my mom and dad, too. — Leah LaBelle
Some people won, some people lost [the Grammys] but Taylor Swift gets to wake up as Taylor Swift so she's winning. — Josh Peck
I never go to the Grammys. I just never go. I don't know if I care enough, and I went because my son wanted to go, and they asked us to present Best Hip Hop Group of the Year. You know, we had two records from Compton in there, and it was just like a cool thing to do, and to do with your son, and it was just cool. But we was the first award up, so after I did my thing I just jumped in the car and came on back home. — Ice Cube
At the end of the day, the Grammys are about recognizing genres that are making an impact. — Keith Urban
I think I'm happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it's really fulfilling to have all these things happen with something you love to do. — John Legend
I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem. — Beck
At the Grammys, you walk down the halls and everyone's got five security guards. You can't talk to anybody. You always feel out of place, like, 'Hey, the rednecks are in town!' — Dave Haywood
Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided. — Trent Reznor
This is what I do to keep my head screwed on semi-straight and keep my heart open. Whenever I sing, that's why I sing. Whether it's at the Grammys, whether it's in the bathroom, whether it's in front of 10,000 people or three people, by my guru's grace, my head stays in that place. — Krishna Das
My friend Quincy Jones says we won our first Grammys together in 1963. I have no recollection. I don't even remember the room. When he showed me the picture, I remembered what I wore. But it's like awards don't mean anything. — Barbra Streisand
I was living in the U.K. I was back in New Zealand for the New Zealand Music Awards, which is like our annual New Zealand GRAMMYs. — Ladyhawke
The last thing I want is to walk into my house after a long day and see all the Grammys and awards. It would make me feel weird. — Alicia Keys
The only reason someone would be calling this early the morning after the Grammys is to tell me I did something wrong."
The phone goes silent.
"Well, I'm going to have to disagree with that," I tell him. "In my estimation, you definitely did everything right last night. — Katie Delahanty
Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys. — Sam Smith
Whether it be Beyonce or Justin Bieber, we see singers who have absolutely nothing to offer anyone as they walk off stage clutching three Grammys in each hand. — Morrissey
I don't measure my success anymore by the Grammys. I can't because I'll just end up crushed. — Drake
But the Grammys is just not something I can take too seriously. It would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control. — Wesley Schultz
I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there. — Christina Aguilera
I feel so blessed to just have done what I had done. To be able to just use what God has given me is a blessing. You know, never mind the Grammys, never mind the records, never mind all of that. Just to be able to sing. — Whitney Houston
Grammy asshole weekend in LA. Yuck ... The Grammys = the old guard / old media propping up their puppets trying to convince the outside world (and each other) they're relevant. — Trent Reznor
Award shows, like the Grammys, were tough on us early in hip-hop, not even televising our categories or splitting them up on best male or female or any of that. We had to earn them. — Queen Latifah
Every year, they ask me to play the Grammys. — Prince
I remember when both Gnarls Barkley and Justin [Timberlake] lost for Album of the Year [at the Grammys], and I looked at Justin, and I was like: 'Do you want me to go onstage for you? You know, do you want me to fight? — Kanye West
This is the first time I've ever played the Grammys. I finally passed the audition. — Paul McCartney
People do not respect music anymore ... They go by what's hot ... If you're hot, you deserve 4 or 5 Grammys ... Madonna is a genius and she only has 2 or 3 Grammys ... What is that about? — Timbaland
I don't know if this is statistically right, but I'm assuming I have the most Grammys of anyone my age, but I haven't won one against a white person. — Kanye West
The interviews have been a little tough due to the fact that we're interviewing dogs. We see a lot of contestants licking themselves, but we're used to that from covering the Grammys. — Melissa Rivers
If I can win grammys then that means all you yet to be seen bedroom geniuses will one day TAKEOVER THE WORLD — Skrillex
My life after childhood has two main stories: the story of the hustler and the story of the rapper, and the two overlap as much as they diverge. I was on the streets for more than half of my life from the time I was thirteen years old. People sometimes say that now I'm so far away from that life - now that I've got businesses and Grammys and magazine covers - that I have no right to rap about it. But how distant is the story of your own life ever going to be? The feelings I had during that part of my life were burned into me like a brand. It was life during wartime. — Jay-Z
The only thing that I really want to do is just be respected in the music industry ... And whether that means selling albums or winning Grammys or people just liking your music, thats what I really want to do. — Kris Allen