When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.
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.
The Grammy is the highest honor in music that we can receive, outside of having fans come and watch you every night and clap.
Growing up, people are like, 'Mary, we'll see you at the Grammys.' You're like, 'I'll be at the Grammys.' Then, you're actually at the Grammys! That actually is happening; it's not just something people are saying because they like your music. It's real!
I think the Grammy is like the award, you know.
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.
I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.
But the Grammys is just not something I can take too seriously. It would be a mistake to hinge my happiness on something so completely out of my control.
You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician.
Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.