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My first single I was nominated for a Grammy with 'Crank That,' and I lost a Grammy to Kanye West, but it was still such a big deal for me to be nominated anyway.

— Soulja Boy

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

By the way, I got a Grammy, which was a big thrill.

— Marian McPartland

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

— Beck

As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I'd get a Grammy Award. In fact, I was always touched by the modesty of their interest.

— Leonard Cohen

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

My first Grammy wasn't even in a jazz category, but of course I was really excited. 'Rockit' was the beginning of kind of a new era for the whole hip-hop movement.

— Herbie Hancock

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

All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.

— Dan Hill

✗Opposing Perspectives

The Grammy snuck up on me. I was on tour. It just hit me. I skipped down the street in Vienna. I kept saying, 'I won. I won.'

— Estelle

When I was nominated for a Grammy, my label dropped me - I have a wariness about trying for a hit.

— Tift Merritt