The name Downhere comes from a song I wrote after a friend of mine died in college, and it was kind of the first time I was dealing with loss and, you know, real mortality, and it was a song of how down here on Earth, we don't have the big picture. Marc Martel More Quotes by Marc Martel More Quotes From Marc Martel People are telling me they're praying for me. They're proud of me. They're thankful for the things I've said in the mainstream media. I have to give the glory to God for that. Marc Martel media giving people You're a musician and you live and die by people responding to your music. It's a business just like anything else and if people don't like your music, that's kind of your problem. Marc Martel musician kind people I'm the worst critic about music myself. I hardly ever, every like something the first time I listen to it. So I've got to put myself in other people's shoes. Marc Martel shoes people firsts All I can do is be faithful with my gift, be faithful with anyone I talk to and let love be my guide and just be gracious with people. God will take care of the rest. I really believe that. Marc Martel love-is believe people Rock n' roll is the music where you can get away with pretty much saying everything, and it's OK. You can say truths in really interesting and good ways and really express yourself through it. Marc Martel yourself good you music Everyone has their own tastes. Some people want to feel like it's Queen onstage, including the dress-up thing, but that's not my style. I do know some people love that and wish I would do it, but I have no interest in that. Marc Martel queen style love people 'Bohemian Rhapsody' is my all-time favorite. Marc Martel all-time favorite bohemian Everyone has needs, but Food for the Hungry is something that people can grasp onto as a practical way to step outside of themselves, take a risk, and give. Marc Martel step food people way If the Christian community responds to our music better because maybe we gained a little more credibility in the mainstream, then it's not ideal, it's not fun, it's not sexy, but I'll take it. Marc Martel better sexy music community I'm the worst critic about music myself. I hardly ever, ever like something the first time I listen to it. Marc Martel myself worst music time Of course I always knew 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are The Champions' and all those. But my real introduction to Queen the band and knowing who they were was the movie 'Wayne's World' like a lot of people in my generation. Marc Martel queen you people world I know how limited and how fleeting fame is, so I just try not to get excited about it, honestly. Marc Martel how try know fame People have been telling me for years that I sound like Freddie Mercury. Marc Martel like me sound people It's not like I'm pretending to be Freddie Mercury. Marc Martel freddie-mercury like pretending My mom is the piano player in my dad's church - she's also the choir director - and she's just a musician through and through. Marc Martel she dad church mom I always loved music - it was always in the house - and my younger brother is musical, too. Marc Martel loved music brother house I grew up on a lot of gospel music. Marc Martel gospel up gospel-music music I was born in '76, but I didn't get into rock until the early '90s when the grunge stuff started coming out. Marc Martel rock i-was-born early born I ended up taking piano lessons at a really young age, I took, like, years of piano lessons, and I always loved to sing. Marc Martel loved like always age My biggest influences when I was a kid - I listened to a lot of top 40 radio, so whatever the big artists were, so, like, the mid-'80s. Marc Martel whatever big like radio
