Music Acknowledgement Quotes

At the end of the day, the Grammys are about recognizing genres that are making an impact.

I'm not God's gift to rockabilly. There's great players out there, and some of them deserve a lot more than they've gotten.

Out of all the R&B artists that have come out, I think my name has been used most in hip-hop songs.

I wouldn't want to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as the 'Master of Hip-Hop Samples,' but you take what you can get.

The American Music Awards mean more to us; that's a people's award, and we're a people's band. The Grammys are the critics.

I've been influenced by so many great people, like Sam Moore, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, so many great blues and soul artists that I completely revere. So it's strange for me, actually, to hear somebody say, 'Oh, I was deeply influenced by your music.'

The Hall Of Fame thing, it's an American thing. We don't have that in England or Germany or Australia or Russia or anywhere in the world apart from America. And it's an institution. What's that got to do with rock and roll?

I can't stress too much how much Ry Cooder was an influence on me. Having one of the most respected musicians around like my singing really gave me the confidence to do it.

I think it's really cool when any of your songs play on the radio for the first time.

It's amazing to be nominated for the Brits' Critics' Choice Award 2016. It's such a significant award that highlights the importance of new music, so it's a genuine honour to have been nominated alongside some other incredible new acts from the U.K.

One thing Drake is known for is putting out good, quality music. To acknowledge me and my music was all I needed to hear from anybody. Nobody could tell me anything after that.

The Musicians Hall of Fame is chosen by thousands of your peers. So it's the real thing.

I know the guys in Metallica. I'm very honored that they were influenced by Deep Purple when they started, and they've always been very kind to us.

I remember Robert Plant coming backstage after the first show saying, 'Hey, boys, I should be opening for you.' That felt pretty good.

I've heard that Bon Iver liked my cover of 'Skinny Love.'

I respect the Grammys, being a writer. But me being an artist representing hip hop? No.

But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it.

It's nice that the independent scene is taken seriously, and has been.

Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.

'Musician' is not a very respected title. I'm not a musician.

There are so many great records that when you grow older, you're like, 'Oh man, this is the best record ever made.' And you're like, 'Oh it didn't get nominated or win a Grammy.' It's countless, how many amazing, classic American records haven't been knighted or whatever.