Quotes About Recognition

I guess coming after 'Country Grammar' and everybody thinking, 'Well maybe, that was it.' To come back with something like 'Nellyville' and to have people accept it and appreciate it the way they did, that was a great move.

I think every artist should go for a Grammy.

I got so excited about it. I was like, 'Yes! I won a Grammy!' And then my manager was like, 'No, you did not win a Grammy. You were part of a song that won a Grammy. Rihanna won a Grammy.'

I've been to the Grammy's several times for my past nominations and it has always a fun experience.

Ridin' was natural, not forced. I didn't try to make a Grammy record.

I think the Grammy is like the award, you know.

There are musicians who wait all their lives for this award while for me it came with my first album. People have started acknowledging my work because of the Grammy.

Never in my life have I thought, 'Man, I gotta get a Grammy.'

I want every Grammy.

I believe that I'm going to have a Grammy.

I daydream about Backstreet Boys accepting a Grammy one day.

One of the first country artists I got to work with was Carrie Underwood at the Grammy Awards.

If I get a Grammy, that would be dope.

I like the story about Bon Iver. They said he kept his GRAMMY in, like, the basement bathroom so he could just focus on getting another one. If I won a GRAMMY, I'd probably keep it at my mom's house on 47th Street.

Macklemore gets a Grammy over Kendrick Lamar. I still can't get over that. But again, it's not Macklemore's fault. It's the way of the country.

Winning a Grammy is always going to be good.

I'm not going to lie: I'd love to win a Grammy.

I had somebody call and make a joke about it: 'Oh, Buddy Guy won the Grammy - You should have won.' I said, 'No. Buddy should have won it.' He's a very talented cat. And don't forget, he's my homeboy, too.

I've been able to win a Grammy and then to come back and get the key to the city of Watts.

My goal is a Grammy so my songs will have to be good.

Maybe I'll never get the Grammy. But maybe I will get things that are worth much, much more than any Grammy which could stand on my shelf.

I was completely shocked - two Grammy nominations. I've said it out loud to myself about 100 times.

I always say that my biggest goal is a Grammy, and on the way there I will grab everything that is given.

I need Grammys.