Jack Garratt Quotes

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

Black music is too big and too powerful not to have its own awards show.

It's an honor to win a Grammy, of course.

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

My first Grammy nomination? I was 24 - I was nominated for best new artist of the year.

But MTV relishes its vestigial role as a star maker, so every year it puts all its clout into making the VMAs the biggest, splashiest, loudest show-biz extravaganza of the year, honoring all this music for existing, after a year of paying barely any attention to it.

At the end of the day, the Grammys are about recognizing genres that are making an impact.

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.

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.

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor.

The Grammys are just the pinnacle of music.

I've received many awards, but I'm most proud of the ones for my country's music.

I think every artist should go for a Grammy.

We watch the MOBOs every year and it has always been a dream to be involved.

I'm beyond thankful to be picked as one of MTV's favourite new artists for 2017. I've always viewed MTV as ever evolving, and to be a part of this new chapter is extremely rewarding.

There are so many great records that when you grow older, you're like, 'Oh man, this is the best record ever made.' And you're like, 'Oh it didn't get nominated or win a Grammy.' It's countless, how many amazing, classic American records haven't been knighted or whatever.

In 1975 I had the award for the top male artist, the award for top single, the award for top album.

The BRIT awards is a really great occasion, especially for us Brits, because it shows the talent and support coming from our country.

The Hall Of Fame thing, it's an American thing. We don't have that in England or Germany or Australia or Russia or anywhere in the world apart from America. And it's an institution. What's that got to do with rock and roll?

It feels amazing to be on the MTV Brand New list. I was shocked when I got told - a good shocked. I'm proper happy about it.

That was one thing I wanted to win because, my mom, she didn't really know much else in music, but the Grammys were special to her.

One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

I would love to have a song that I wrote by myself to win a 'Song of the Year' award.

The Grammy is the highest honor in music that we can receive, outside of having fans come and watch you every night and clap.