Vinnie Paul Quotes

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

One thing I love about the Grammys is that they love to recognize old, risky music.

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.

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

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

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

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.

There's been a few things that have been insane with 'Rather Be', and being nominated for a Grammy is, like, the pinnacle one.

I daydream about Backstreet Boys accepting a Grammy one day.

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

It's amazing to be nominated for the Brits' Critics' Choice Award 2016. It's such a significant award that highlights the importance of new music, so it's a genuine honour to have been nominated alongside some other incredible new acts from the U.K.

It was pretty insane to play the Grammy Awards and looking out in the audience and seeing rock royalty - Bono and Paul McCartney. It was crazy.

Me and my mom were just watching the charts like, 'Why isn't it stopping?' And now I've got a platinum disc in my bedroom.

You don't want to make records so you can win a Grammy. You make records because you want to be a musician.

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.

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

I've always said I can't tell sometimes that people even have an album out until I see them nominated for a Grammy. I think country gets dumped on across the board by the Grammys.

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

I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for a Grammy. I didn't know that we would have to perform on the MTV Awards show.

My father had the most amazing operatic voice, so I have a soft spot for that.

A Grammy is really nice, but having lots of fans is really nice, too. I think just getting a record out is a success on its own.

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.

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