Jay DeMarcus Quotes

If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.

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

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

Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that important to me? No. Is it something I've aspired towards? No.

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

I'm not trying to sound pretentious, but we did sell 12 million records on the first album, so we did get paid a little bit.

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like.

I have records in gold, in platinum, I have two Oscars, I have Grammys and so on.

There's not a platinum record hanging in my house anywhere. It doesn't exist here. I'm over it. They're all in the garage, wrapped up in bubblewrap.

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

I think every artist wants to have that 'Grammy award winner' tag in front of their name.

I've gotten tons of awards and I believe when it's my time to get a Grammy, I'll get a Grammy.

These are some of my awards - an Ivor Novello, a Variety Club Silver Heart, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame. I also have a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and a street named after me in Brooklyn where I used to live.

Part of me feels it's better we're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

We're really excited to be even talked about in the same breath as Foo Fighters or Metallica.

I never thought that I would share a hit parade with the Beatles.

It's an honor to be brought into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame and I'm going to show up if I'm invited, you know?!

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

I think a lot of my dreams have come true, and my next dream is to have a No. 1 selling album. A Grammy-award-winning album.

I'm hungry for VMAs and Grammys. That's my main goal.

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

I always looked up there, because I remember a time when the only things on the walls in Fenway were the Jimmy Fund sign and the retired numbers. Never in a million years did you think you'd ever be up there with those guys.

When you look at the artists who have come up through 'Billboard' over the years, it's incredible.

When you start out without a record nobody knows you, but if you have a record it's a lot easier.