Mercy is for the weak. Here, in the streets, in competition: A man confronts you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.
If I were a professional musician, I'd actually kinda be ashamed to say that I won a Grammy. Hardly anyone who's won one in the past 10 or 15 or 20 years has been anyone I'd consider a quality musician or songwriter. I just don't see it that all that many people will still be listening to this Daft Punk crap 20 and 30 years from now and going, "Man, that's some amazing shit!" I can see it being more likely that people will look back and go, "Man, it's amazing that I ever liked this shit!" Then again, if the dumbing down trend in music continues... perhaps this crap will look like Bach and Handel compared to the crap we have to look forward to.