Amy Lee of best new artist winner Evanescence finds herself moving on with new band members after sharing her win with the group's former musicians. "It's not so much Amy Lee, but it's definitely a new band and a new day," she said. "It is a new chapter -- hopefully a better one, a happier one and a healthy one."

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Alison Krauss won three Grammys, including one for her duet with James Taylor, which appears on the Louvin Brothers tribute album. "Two of my favorite songs were written by Charlie Louvin, so I was just thrilled to be a part of (the album). When I heard the finished record of everyone on there, it's really spectacular to hear all that. What wonderful songs they wrote, and what a standard they set for harmony singing for the whole world." Krauss will perform at the Oscars on Feb. 29. "I just want to do a good job. That's my thoughts about it," she said. "It's going to be different, something I never figured I'd be attending, especially working, but I have two wonderful songs I get to sing, and I'm thrilled to be there."

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"Rolling Stone voted me worst male singer of 1988, and now look at this," said Richard Marx, who couldn't wait to talk to his collaborator, Luther Vandross, about their Grammy-winning song of the year, "Dance With My Father." "LV, look what we did," he said. Marx recalled Vandross performing several years ago at a children's music camp, following the death of Marx's father, which led to the pair writing the song together.

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Jorge Calderon, friend of Warren Zevon and producer of the late singer-songwriter's "The Wind," named best contemporary folk album, said Zevon would have been tickled to have won in that category. "He was like a complete package: He was classically trained, he was a rock 'n' roller, he was a folk singer," Calderon said. "He was a poet -- he was literate. He was a very unique songwriter. But he always considered himself a folk artist: Even when we did this album, he was saying: 'Remember, this is a folk record. Even when were doing 'Disorder in the House' (a duet with Bruce Springsteen), that's louder than anything.' "

Added son Jordan Zevon: "His line was that if it wasn't for (the 1978 hit) 'Werewolves of London,' he would've just been considered a successful folk artist. So now, he's a really successful folk artist." He said he plans to reissue his late father's albums "The Envoy" and "Stand in the Fire" on CD for the first time, with bonus material.

"Disorder in the House," a track from "The Wind" recorded with Bruce Springsteen, took the best rock duo or group vocal honor. Calderon said of the Boss' rocking cameo: "They were friends from back in the '70s. And he came, he chartered a plane in between shows, spent three, four hours and brought nothing but joy to the studio." Calderon called Zevon's final album "heroic and brave," showing "cancer patients out there that they can do something with their last days -- don't just go home and surrender."

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"You seein' it now, baby," said Sean Combs, looking suave in a white tuxedo a la James Bond and with arms outstretched, holding his Grammy for rap performance by a duo or group. The Broadway-bound Combs soon will star in a new production of Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun." "It's an extreme amount of pressure, going and doing a live Broadway play," Combs said. "It's a timeless piece, but it's the type of pressure I need to excel and go on to the next level." Of the Janet Jackson Super Bowl incident, Combs quipped: "I have three sons, and I'm very happy for them that they were able to see one of Janet Jackson's breasts in their lifetime -- I don't think they'll be scarred for life. I think there's bigger things going on than to try and lynch Janet Jackson; she doesn't hurt nobody. I just want to say to America that you should be happy with that because if I would've known about it -- if I would've known that she was going to steal the thunder -- then I would've whipped out something you'd still be explaining to your kids."

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Best female pop vocal winner Christina Aguilera is working on another Spanish-language album and a follow-up to her multiplatinum 2002 release "Stripped." Plus, she's looking at movie roles. "Getting the right script and whatnot -- the 'triple' thing -- I'm working on that next," she said.

Regarding her plunging, neckline-loose dress and the Janet Jackson fallout, Aguilera said: "We were making sure things were, uh, intact, after that controversy (and) drama. But I was good; I kept everything in place. I think it really needs to be put to bed. There are a lot more things going on in the world today, politically and otherwise. C'mon, people are bored at this point to still be talking about a boob. We all have 'em, so, you know, it's OK."

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Film composer Howard Shore took home a Grammy for best score for a motion picture, television or other medium for his work on "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Shore is up for best score and best song at the upcoming Oscars for the final installment of the "Rings" trilogy, "The Return of the King."

"I don't think you want to compare them; they're both wonderful, and they're both great recognition from your peers," he said of the Grammy win and Oscar nom. "We're just happy to have recognition from the Academy, and Peter won the DGA Award last night.

"I've been working on this piece for over 3 1/2 years, and actually, I was writing 'The Return of the King' extended version this morning, so I'm not quite finished. I'm still a work in progress, really."

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"As an artist myself, I feel no one can determine my vision but me," female rap solo winner Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott said of the use of special effects in her videos. She's also not about to rest on her sales and awards laurels. "Of course, you gotta work it, work it, or you're gonna be on a corner bumming it, bumming it," Elliott said. "I stay humble, and I'm gonna keep doing music as long as you allow me to." Elliott begins the Triple Threat tour with Alicia Keys and Beyonce on March 12 and said she has a reality show in the works for UPN that will be drawn from life on the tour.

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Legendary P-Funkster George Clinton praised his Grammy-winning spiritual heirs, OutKast, saying: "Funk is the DNA for hip-hop, and OutKast is like part of the family. Seeing overall the hip-hop scene, I'm glad they're here because they kept the funk alive."

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Yoko Ono was joined by her son Sean Lennon backstage to talk about the President's Award for John Lennon and the Beatles. She said she did not see the group's historic U.S. television debut four decades ago this week on "The Ed Sullivan Show." "I was in Japan until October 1964, so I just kind of missed," Ono said. "But in Tokyo, there was this tiny article in the newspaper about this moptop four being very popular right now, and girls are fainting. There was something very pure; you could not not like them, not love them."

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Best traditional pop vocal winner Tony Bennett said winning a Grammy never gets old. "Like Sting mentioned one time, you get addicted to success," he said. "I have that feeling: I never want to stop getting better and better for the audience." But Bennett added that these days, he paints more than he sings. "K.d. lang said, 'I can't believe this guy -- he paints in the daytime and sings at night,' " Bennett said.