The Best Quotes from the Grammys

Taylor tells the losers to shake it off, Pharrell threatens to moonwalk, Bey thanks her hive and more of the night s best one-liners
By Brooke Showell
Updated August 26, 2015 12:16 AM

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"I happen to have a lot of friends in this category this year, so I just want to say, as a former loser of best new artist in 2008, if you do not win this award, it s gonna be fine, just like, shake it off."
– , opening the show by presenting the best new artist award

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"This is super awkward, and I m gonna moonwalk my way off the stage right now."
– a “Happy” (and short-suited) Pharrell Williams, accepting the award for best pop solo performance

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"I want to thank the man who this record is about, who I fell in love with last year. Thank you so much for breaking my heart, because you got me four Grammys."
– Sam Smith, the night’s big winner, in his record of the year acceptance speech. (He later told reporters of the man in question, “I’ll be seeing him soon, so I can let him touch the Grammys – once!”)

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"I d like to thank my beloved husband, I love you deep. My daughter who s watching, Blue, I love you. And I d like to say thank you to my BeyHive. Thank you guys for riding so hard."
– giving a shout-out to her people while accepting best R&B performance for “Drunk in Love”

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"I poured my heart and soul into this record."
– , winning best country album for Platinum

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"Authentic love does not devalue another human being. Authentic love does not silence, shame or abuse."
– domestic violence activist (and survivor) Brooke Axtell, in a spoken-word piece introducing performance of “By the Grace of God”

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"Albums – remember those? Like books and Black lives, albums still matter."
– Prince, presenting album of the year

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"Stevie, how you just gonna come out and just do the harmonica and get a standing ovation? How much talent does he have?"
– Jamie Foxx teasing co-presenter Stevie Wonder before announcing record of the year

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