"I just got an award given to me by a Beatle. Have you had that happen yet, Kanye? ... Just kidding." -- Vince Gill, accepting the award for best country album from Ringo Starr.
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"I appreciate everything and I know you are really proud of me right now and I know you wouldn't want me to stop and you'd want me to be the No. 1 artist in the world. And Mamma, all I'm gonna do is keep making you proud." -- Kanye West, speaking about his late mother as he accepted the award for rap album.
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"It's a pity Amy isn't here, but oh well, God bless her." -- Ringo Starr on Grammy winner Amy Winehouse, who couldn't obtain a visa in time to attend the show.
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"She's walking her walk. We all have a walk in life, we have hard and difficult times and going through that chaos often leads to clarity." -- Chaka Khan on Amy Winehouse.
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"Dad, I know I promised I'd give you my first Grammy, but we might have to fight for this one." -- Rihanna accepting the award for rap/sung collaboration.
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"As many of you know, I first started singing when Lincoln was president." -- Cher, 61, as she introduced Beyonce and Tina Turner.
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"Frank Sinatra looked good for 150, didn't he?"-- Prince, after Sinatra appeared in archival footage in a duet with Alicia Keys.
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"I think she is a sexy young lady. I have kids as old as her, but I did enjoy it. That did not deter me from noticing at all." -- Morris Day on Rihanna, after his band, The Time, performed a medley with the young R&B star.
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"I think we all have to pay tribute to Ringo, here, and George, and Paul, who can't be with us, and of course, John. And, I guess we miss those guys a hell of a lot. They are the people who are behind this award." -- Beatles producer George Martin, accepting the best compilation soundtrack album for "Love."
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"It never gets old, believe me, it just never gets old." -- Herbie Hancock, who has won 11 Grammys dating to 1983, accepting this year's award for contemporary jazz album for "River: The Joni Letters."
"You couldn't keep me from actually getting this myself -- it's not the same when someone else gets this on your behalf." -- Carrie Underwood, who raced onstage to accept her trophy for best female country vocal performance during the lightly attended non-televised segment of the Grammy Awards.
-- Associated Press
First Published: February 11, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
