Jon Batiste Acceptance Speech

You know, I really, I believe this to my core, there is no best musician, best artist, best dancer, best actor, the creative arts are subjective and they reach people at a point in their lives when, they need it most it’s like a song or an album is made and it almost has a radar to find the person when they need it the most, I mean man I like thank god, I just put my head down and I work on the craft everyday, I love music, I’ve been playing since I was a little boy, it’s more than entertainment for me it’s a spiritual practice, and um! there’s so many people that went into making this album my grandfather’s on the album my nephews, my dad is here my executive producer Ryan Lynn right here come here man I don’t want to be up here by myself, I didn’t do it by myself.

Every single artist that was nominated in this category, I actually love and have experiencees with your music, I honor you and this is for real artists real musicians, let’s just keep gooing be you, that’s it.

I love you if I even if I don’t know you good night.