Grammy notes

Paul Epworth, together with his trophy for producer of the season, stated he owes a great Adele, the night's large champion. Pleasure Williams and John Paul Whitened from the duo Civil Wars won Grammys both in country and folk groups on Sunday. AdeleBon IverPaul Epworth, who won producer and song of the season honors, was effusive about his most high-profile recent project, Adele: "She's amazing, brave and funny, and she gets an overall total gift, making my job super easy. She could sing the phonebook. Whenever we met, we spoken about Dr. John, Tom Waits, Etta James, and located a middle ground between us. She's a present for offering things in producers."Justin Vernon, who required home best new artist honors for his band/alter-ego Bon Iver, was diplomatic about his win, getting formerly rejected to do in the kudocast: "Sooner or later I acquired really nervous, could it have been because I did not think I deserved to become here," he stated. "This is actually the greatest evening in music, but it is a really small Staples Centerits difficult to seem like it's that contains the entire factor." Talking about the night's reunion together with his fellow Beach Boys bandmates, John Wilson observed: "It had been type of another experience. Just being onstage together provides for us an opportunity to express ourselves vocally and instrumentally." Bandmate Al Jardine then talked about the brand new album the audience is while recording, saying: "These recording periods we are doing are on componen with 'Pet Sounds.' They've that same kind of alacrity and excellence of songwriting." Bonnie Raitt spoke of her primary influence, Etta James, with whom she carried out a tribute around the kudocast: "She was vital and raunchy and tender, coupled with a properly of emotion that discovered in her own voice. She and Aretha had bigger impacts on my small career than any female performers, or any performers whatsoever, really."Fledgling duo Civil Wars won for country duo/group performance and finest folk album, pointing up a distinction that baffled them also. "We had not always (considered ourselves as country) either," stated 5-several weeks pregnant Pleasure Williams, who referred to herself like a "human bakery." "We are not necessarily sure who we're and where we fit, and i believe this is a little flattering," ongoing bandmate John Paul Whitened. "We simply kind of made music and made the decision to roll the dice and find out what went down.InchDerek Trucks, who won for blues album together with his Tedeschi Trucks Band, also required part within an earlier tribute towards the Allman Siblings Band, which he's a component: "It's pretty strange being 32 years of age and becoming part of an eternity achievement award," he stated. Jazz bass legend Stanley Clarke was requested of Grammy's recent category cuts, which sparked strong complaints for Latin jazz music artists: "I believe this is an oversight around the Academy's side. Latin music is among the landmarks of the music, plus they ought to have their very own category."Trey Parker, who won a statuette for musical theater album for "It of Mormon," noted: "You will find lots of Mormons to whom this really is kind of their 'Fiddler on the top.A When requested to rate the comparative impossibility of writing comedy versus writing tunes, he demurred, "Writing comedy tunes is difficult.InchMike Okell, who won an historic album kudo for his remaster engineering focus on Paul McCartney's "Band on the move (Paul McCartney Archive Collection - Luxurious Edition)," shared: "I requested (McCartney), 'When was the final time you took in towards the album?' and that he stated, 'I've never took in towards the album.' "Ryan Tedder, OneRepublic frontman and Adele collaborator, remembered how he counterintuitively went for any less mainstream seem for that singer. "I am more familiar with doing stuff that will focus on radio, that is what I am noted for,Inch he stated. "However with Adele I did not provide a damn. I had been obsessive about the rawness of the items she'd. None of these things was said to be around the radio. Like Adele stated, 'Rolling within the Deep' is not a pop record."Related: Adele's '21' wins album of the season at Grammys Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com