Amy Grant

Singer-songwriter

1960-11-25

Amy Grant is an American singer-songwriter known for contemporary Christian music and mainstream pop crossover success.

Quotes by Amy Grant

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.
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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.
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Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real.
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Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.
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I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young.
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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.
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There is not a formula for the way that God heals. There's not a timetable.
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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.
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I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.
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Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others.
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Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.
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People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth living. People are going to come into your life that you need, and that's the really crazy thing.
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