Bootsy Collins' warm energy was as great as his shiny purple outfit at the 2019 GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends. After his star-studded medley with George Clinton, Sativa, Eddie M, Sheila E., and Snoop Dogg in honor of George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic, Collins shared the amazing feeling and validation of winning a golden gramophone.

"You would think at some point you'd get past that feeling of certain things happening and you just feel incredible," he said, "but it just seems to kinda keep mounting and mounting and this is one that, you just feel amazing."

The "Bootzilla" singer said winning makes you thankful, especially to fans: "Everybody that was screaming for you while you were going through those growing pains, it's a good feeling." 

Watch Collins talk about how grateful he was to fans after his 2001 GRAMMY win, and catch GRAMMY Salute To Music Legends on Oct. 18 on PBS (check your local listings).

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