"I don't go there much. You're thrilled that people would recognize what you're doing in such a grand kind of way. But, just like you don't know if anybody's really going to like what you're doing when you put a record out or if anybody's going to pay attention to it, you can't really go there"
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Krauss is talking about praise the way seasoned musicians talk about stage fright: not as a melodrama, but as weather you learn to live around. The line starts with a quiet refusal - "I don't go there much" - a phrase that pretends to be casual while doing serious psychological work. "There" is the seductive place where acclaim becomes identity, where awards and glowing write-ups start to feel like proof. She keeps it at arm's length, not because she is above it, but because she knows how volatile it is.
The subtext is a veteran's realism about attention as a market force and a mood swing, not a moral verdict. She links the "grand" recognition to the moment you release a record: both are gambles, both depend on other people's ears, schedules, and appetites. That parallel deflates the fantasy that success is ever fully earned or fully secure. It also hints at the private cost of believing your own press: if you "go there" when the applause hits, you have to go there when it disappears.
Context matters: Krauss comes from bluegrass and roots music, scenes that prize craft, humility, and ensemble credibility over star-making mythology. Her career has been decorated, but it's been built on consistency, collaboration, and restraint. This quote is that aesthetic in verbal form: gratitude without surrender, ambition without self-hypnosis. She isn't denying the thrill. She's refusing to let it drive the bus.
The subtext is a veteran's realism about attention as a market force and a mood swing, not a moral verdict. She links the "grand" recognition to the moment you release a record: both are gambles, both depend on other people's ears, schedules, and appetites. That parallel deflates the fantasy that success is ever fully earned or fully secure. It also hints at the private cost of believing your own press: if you "go there" when the applause hits, you have to go there when it disappears.
Context matters: Krauss comes from bluegrass and roots music, scenes that prize craft, humility, and ensemble credibility over star-making mythology. Her career has been decorated, but it's been built on consistency, collaboration, and restraint. This quote is that aesthetic in verbal form: gratitude without surrender, ambition without self-hypnosis. She isn't denying the thrill. She's refusing to let it drive the bus.
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