The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.
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You spend most of your life working and trying to hone your craft, working on your chops, working on your writing, and you don't really think about accolades. Then you get a bit older and they start coming your way. It's a nice pat on the back.
When you're doing a job, you go out there and do it to the best of your ability and you don't think about awards and things like that.
Something happens when you become an elder rock & roller and you're still functioning. People start to give you awards and recognize achievements. It's the life achievement period of your career.
It's very validating when you are new in the industry to get awards. It boosts your self-esteem.
Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
It really is an honor if I can be inspirational to a younger singer or person. It means I've done my job.
It is always nice when you are honoured. The Lifetime award makes me feel old. I am only 55.
Accolades and lists may tell us about accomplishments, but life is meant to be experienced, not just accomplished. It's like the difference between reading books for the sake of reading and reading books just to get a good grade.
Do awards change careers? Well, I haven't heard of many stories where that's the case. It's a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who've done well that year in certain people's eyes, and it's nothing more than that.
The accolades, just like the scrapes and bruises, fade in the end, and all you're left with is your ambition.