Being Quote by Tucker Halpern

Like any self-governing group of people, the Recording Academy has made missteps over the years. Still, it has corrected course and done more to…

— Shawn Amos

A lot of people think that I grew up in recording studios and knew the whole process, but that was never the case.

— Julian Lennon

The whole process of this record was an education for me as a musician.

— Kenneth Edmonds

It was very instrumental because, like I said, that was my largest audience, and I started meeting a lot of people up there; a…

— Ludacris

I'm honored when young people say they've gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from my live…

— Bonnie Raitt

Some thoughts went through my head about recording some stuff that had influenced me earlier in my career like blues and early rock. But…

— Van Morrison

I always thought that I would have a recording career.

— Joely Fisher

Learning how to record has been super empowering for me, because I spent so many years going into the studio and watching other people…

— Julia Kent

There's a substantial portion of my recorded repertoire that was learned for the recording sessions, and then basically forgotten. I wouldn't say it's the…

— Marc-Andre Hamelin

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

— Ray Charles

I valued the experience of making the recordings, and I value the performances contained therein, and I value so much of what they can…

— Will Oldham

I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist.

— Leo Kottke