Amy Grant

“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.”

“The song 'Baby Baby,' I so love that song because I wrote it about my first daughter.”

“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.”

“I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.”

“I'm not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now.”

“I just think music is such a beautiful thing. It lifts the heart and buoys up your spirits - all kinds of music.”

“Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.”

“The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.”

“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.”

“There is not a formula for the way that God heals. There's not a timetable.”

“For me, the backdrop of half the experiences of life includes music.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else.”

“I know my own weaknesses as a human being, and as a musician, as a singer and as a woman.”

“The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.”

“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?”

“I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.”

“If you went to your closet today, would you pull out the same outfit you wore 10 or 15 years ago? You wear feelings and faith differently as well.”