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Eddy Cue Accepts Special Grammy Award Honoring Steve Jobs

Sunday February 12, 2012 8:17 am PST by Eric Slivka
Back in December, The Recording Academy announced that it would be honoring Steve Jobs with a Special Merit Grammy Award. The Trustees Award for Jobs was made in recognition of his contributions to the field of music with the iPod and iTunes Music Store.


The Grammy ceremony for the Special Merit Awards was held yesterday, and Apple senior vice president of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue was on hand to accept the award.
On behalf of Steve's wife, Laurene, his children, and everyone at Apple, I'd like to thank you for honoring Steve with the Trustees Grammy Award. Steve was a visionary, a mentor, and a very close friend. I had the incredible honor of working with him for the last fifteen years.

Accepting this award means so much to me because music meant so much to him. He told us that music shaped his life...it made him who he was. Everyone that knows Steve knows the profound impact that artists like Bob Dylan and The Beatles had on him.

Steve was focused on bringing music to everyone in innovative ways. We talked about it every single day. When he introduced the iPod in 2001, people asked "Why is Apple making a music player?" His answer was simple: "We love music, and it's always good to do something you love."

His family and I know that this Grammy would have been very special to him, so I thank you for honoring him today.

The Recording Academy has also published a brief tribute to Jobs by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, a 16-time Grammy winner and personal friend of Jobs.

Jobs' Grammy marks the second time he and Apple have been honored by The Recording Academy. Apple itself won a Technical Grammy Award in 2002.

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DotCom2
89 months ago
I still can't believe he's gone.
I get a lump in my throat every time I think about it or am reminded about it like this event. :(
R.I.P. Steve, the world thanks you yet again!
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DESNOS
89 months ago

Sweet!
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And yes, it's quite an honor.
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sterlingindigo
89 months ago
perhaps long overdue
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lavem
89 months ago
Richly deserved
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NoIdeasOriginal
89 months ago
Brilliant speech. Great job Eddy.
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blow45
89 months ago
may the ground be light upon you Steve, and may you be in a better place now. :apple:
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alex00100
89 months ago
i think they should have done it a year ago
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ThinkDifferentX
89 months ago
@AldenShaw

If you had read the biography you would know that ;

1 Steve did acknowledge the works of others in getting Apple to where it is.

2. There would not be an iPod or iTunes if it wasn't for Steve. He insisted it be great and it was.
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*LTD*
89 months ago

I still can't believe he's gone.
I get a lump in my throat every time I think about it or am reminded about it like this event. :(
R.I.P. Steve, the world thanks you yet again!


I caught a video about him the other day, something on YouTube. Still gets to me a bit.

He went way too soon.
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the8thark
89 months ago
I'm glad Jobs got the award. Congrats to him.

But now Jobs is gone everyone else now at Apple has the chance to stand up, be counted and make a name for them self. Cause before anything good invented at Apple was somehow spearheaded by Jobs (even if it was not). Now they can get out of under the Jobs shadow and become a star.

That's if people like Forstall don't do the same thing. And I'm sure with his temperament it's very likely unfortunately.
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