Charles Kelley Quotes

I never had any expectations of winning a Grammy. It wasn't something I was set on, that I was hoping and praying and starving for.

I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.

It's getting harder and harder to feel inspired to spend six months on a record.

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

I made an album I'm very proud of, and that's about it.

I'm a rather multifaceted person - or at least I like to fashion myself as such - so my dreams are multifaceted. For example, I had a dream of winning a Grammy, right? I've done that three times over.

My goal is a Grammy so my songs will have to be good.

'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.

I always say that my biggest goal is a Grammy, and on the way there I will grab everything that is given.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

All my life, I was even just wanted to attend the Grammys, like, just be there, so the fact that I'm nominated for Best New Artist, it feels like a dream.

I always envisioned myself being a rapper and being in the game and having success, but you never know what it feels like or how you're going to be when you're there.

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.

It's seen as dirty to be ambitious. What if U2 weren't ambitious? We wouldn't have that gift we have from them.

A guy once told me that I sound like I'm a little ahead of myself. I can't wait to thank him at the Oscars.

One day I'll wake up and I'll have 10 or 12 songs and think, 'Oh that sounds like it could be a record.'

I applaud the effort it takes to put a record together.

I wouldn't have a No. 1 record or song if I wasn't a hardworking person.

My whole goal is to make good records and keep myself inspired and able to accomplish what I need to accomplish.

Coming to Nashville has been so motivating and inspirational. Just watching people live and breathe their music and create something that they can feel from start to finish.

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

If you're going to reach for it, reach all the way for it. Albums like 'Purple Rain' and 'Thriller' and those kind of records, you had to reach far above the din of cynicism and modern living to get to that place, against all the odds.

I plan on making a lot more records, and hopefully one of them will be Grammy worthy.

You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors.

You know, I've released some great records and I've released some dogs. But frankly, the fun is in creating the thing.