I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as much. Amy Grant More Quotes by Amy Grant More Quotes From Amy Grant Giving never happens by accident. It's always intentional. Amy Grant happens inspirational giving I just think people should find the music that helps them through the day and enjoy that. I've never felt like, if somebody does or doesn't like what I'm doing, it's a morality issue Amy Grant issues people thinking Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public. Amy Grant good-friend months mom But to make a holiday record that involves favorite American songs and then also get to sing about Jesus birth, it just seemed like a real easy, subtle way to combine a couple of things that I love. Amy Grant couple song jesus But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go. Amy Grant records answers years I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does? Amy Grant frustrated flames fire I just think music is such a beautiful thing. It lifts the heart and buoys up your spirits - all kinds of music. Amy Grant heart beautiful thinking The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music. Amy Grant church-music growing-up musical I write about everything, but I just - how faith filters through all that and colors your opinion of other people and life and all that. Amy Grant color writing people I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible. Amy Grant taught reading home Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No. Amy Grant music-is christian thinking I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye. Amy Grant different eye talking I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn't affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters. Amy Grant writing song thinking I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young. Amy Grant growing becoming thinking Somebody who has been in a very bad wreck is going to be very conscientious about not speeding through a yellow light... You just learn so many good lessons when you go through a failed marriage. Amy Grant lessons light yellow When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or the establishment. I sort of got by on being a little bit of a rebel. Amy Grant rebel parent littles To me, the real thrill is in making the music, and then I just trust it to find its own audience, and at times it's big and at times it's small, but that's beyond my control. Amy Grant thrill bigs real To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it. Amy Grant writing song ideas The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story. Amy Grant song mean way I have spent probably years of time waiting in studio lounges - waiting on a mix, waiting on my time to sing, waiting on, waiting on, waiting on. That's just the nature of life. Amy Grant my-time waiting years
