Chris Stapleton Quotes

I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

Success to me does not mean money.

No person writes to win awards.

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.

There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.

I think it's my nature to - every time I hear about an award or a nomination, it makes me realize how much I must've been losing before, because I was not aware that every major city had these critics' awards.

Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare.

I don't believe in making a record and rushing it.

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.

I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things.

When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality.

I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.

Without doubt, you are recognized for the last role you played.

It don't matter who I'm working with. I just feel like I want to make the best record possible.

I'm gonna keep making music that hopefully I think is good, and whatever comes out of that, that will be fine with me.

I'm always amazed when anybody remembers anything of my work, and even more so when I get nominated for something I've done. For many years, I was like a horse wearing a pair of blinkers as far as using these awards or nominations in order to boost my career was concerned.

I was so grateful to win an Emmy, but just being nominated, it's not overrated!

It is kind of nice for when people appreciate what you have done, but I would not base my career on awards because they are mostly popular awards and not talent-oriented awards.

It feels great when people talk about your craft and you get noticed for it.

Yes, I am happy that my work is recognised, and it is wonderful to be acknowledged.

I had never thought that so many people would know me, will talk about me, and most of all, I will be given a National Award.

I don't play for recognition.

It feels great when your work gets appreciated.

People probably don't give me the credit I deserve for holding the Strikeforce title, but the people who do know, know.

Any time you are in a position where your peers plus the people who paid your bills all your life are honoring you, it doesn't get a hell of a lot better than that.