Possible Clues:

• Macy Gray's chart attempt
• Macy Gray's first top ten single
• Humble comeback to a compliment
• Modest sentence
• Macy Gray jam that begins, 'Games, changes and fears / When will they go from here? / When will they stop?'
• Modest answer
• 'Just doin' my job...'
• Modest acknowledgment of praise
• Words said with a resigned sigh
• Modest profession