Award Controversy Quotes

As far as Deep Purple goes, I mean, they're iconic. Their contribution is unquantifiable, and as far as the politics involved in things like awards, you know, I don't think anything, because I know what they mean to me, and I know what they mean to the people who like them. Awards are very politically based.

I give the president credit for at least one thing. He's proven that someone can deserve a Nobel prize less than Al Gore.

I don't know why I keep saying this, and I don't know why I keep using their names... And I'm not dogging them. I'm not slandering them. I'm not saying they are bad musicians. But how can Taylor Swift or Justin Timberlake win for R&B and funk? They are pop singers.

Nothing upset me more than the award of Companion of Honour to Eric Hobsbawm in reward for a lifetime of unswerving loyalty to the Soviet Union.

I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refuse to give any politically correct bullshit ass comment. I was the best new artist this year.

How does Macy Gray or Kid Rock not win over Christina Aguilera?

'Lincoln' was OK; I thought it was a rock-solid eight out of 10, but it shouldn't win all the awards.

The Nobel Peace Prize has become hopelessly politicized. I think it cheapens the prize itself.

I must confess that if I had been consulted whether to establish a Nobel Prize in economics, I should have decidedly advised against it.

It was a symbolic moment when 'Moonlight' literally took the Oscar out of 'La La Land's' hand.

My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.

Is there a movie I think I should have won the Oscar for? Yeah. All of them.

The Ballon d'Or is a subjective matter.

Literature is one of those realms in which giving out prizes can seem not merely dubious but positively obtuse.

Do you think that Gwendolyn Brooks would give an award to someone who hated Black women, the lie that was circulated throughout New York and reached all the way down to Martinique where I was a guest Professor? The lie was circulated by people who don't read my books.

We have seen many instances where Malayali actors missed out on the awards when some of the jury members were from the state.