Radio continues to be the very best advertising music performers have. No one who ever grabbed a Grammy got there without radio.
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I have always made commercial music. The people who vote for the Grammy nominees are mostly in their 40s and have other jobs or are musicians themselves. They like music that they can relate to - they like commercial music.
The GRAMMY was a huge deal. It's the height of any musical career.
There is so much good music in the U.S. and there is just a small section that gets recognised at the Grammys.
Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.
I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.
The record industry is still pissed off that other people are making money off their business, even if it promotes their products and increases their sales. I think they're still mad about radio.
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.
Radio for years and years looked at the same pool of talent. I always believed there were other people in the world that could do radio shows.
I think we're going to have to forget about the radio and just go back to word of mouth.
I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.