Ella Mai Quotes

Becoming a Top Ten artist has surprised me.

To do anything with someone like Bono or someone would be like, you know, a milestone, I think, as a musician.

I'm so proud of 'Break a Little.'

I was excited to be nominated for the Grammy, but prizes are a little strange.

I got a portrait of Nipsey at my house, bro. I got to put a platinum plaque by that, and my brother is not here to share that with me. That's his first platinum single. We did that together.

A moment for me that changed everything was hearing my song on the radio for the first time.

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

Trevor Horn has worked with some of the biggest stars there is. And he was happy to do a record with me. He's worked with some amazing people, and then there's little old me walking in.

Probably one of the happiest moments, outside the birth of all of my kids, was the first time we won an Emmy, that the show won an Emmy. That was a big night.

To me, this degree was an acknowledgment of my work in music.

I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.

I feel like I'm on the inside for the first time. Inside the castle. I have an Emmy nomination!

Well, 20 Grammys is not bad.

My agent called me and said, 'You're going to be on the cover of 'R.B.I. Baseball.'' I was like, 'Are you serious?' It's unbelievable. Dream come true. I was yelling into the phone. I was super excited.

I am always a little surprised when anyone sees anything I make, so being nominated for the Oscar is beyond amazing - what a tremendous honor.

Winning a Grammy is always going to be good.

I had never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would actually be singing on a top 10 Billboard song.

It really is a dream coming true, being on Billboard.

It doesn't matter if it's platinum or 10-times platinum - it's a certification that lets me know that I'm not wasting my time in the studio. That being said, I don't let those certifications run my life.

To find out my song made the top 10 was honestly a dream come true. I think it's something that I've dreamed about, and anyone dreams about, their whole life.

If I get a Grammy, that would be dope.

Winning the Brit award - I really didn't expect to win, and I was just there for the party, but then I actually won it! I'll never forget that moment and the weeks leading up to it.

When it was announced I had won the Tony Award, I was in Bangkok doing a movie with Judi Dench. I remember coming back from the location to the Oriental Hotel and hearing someone yelling across the reception area, 'You've won the Tony!' It was wonderful and strange to be halfway around the world.

You have to win and especially, as I have, you have to win a trophy for the first time.

It's honestly every time that I'm doing something, and every time I visit a station and hear my song on the radio and people buying my stuff, I'm like 'Are you kidding me? This is insane!'