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A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.

I plan on making a lot more records, and hopefully one of them will be Grammy worthy.

I do want to sell as many records and win as many awards as I can. The awards though, they don't necessarily determine if you're good or not. I know that now.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

Either you write songs or you don't. And if you do write songs like I do, I think there's a natural desire to want to make records.

When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.

I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.

It's a dream of mine to win a Grammy one day. I'm not saying I'm Grammy-worthy, but it would be a dream come true.

When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.

Who you are as a performer is one thing, but when you're making records, you're dealing with musicians' tastes, their goals, their wants, their needs, everyone's individual pride.