Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in… — Sam Barry Copy Share Image
Singing in church is a very different approach to music. It's very much about transcending the idea of self. It's about finding… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
I was asked to sing with Mavis Staples on a gospel compilation called 'Oh Happy Day.' And, you know, other than being… — Patty Griffin Copy Share Image
When I did the Abyssinian mass, I went through the whole history of the church music and the gospel music, even with… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in religion and different religions, and I know quite a lot about it. I love gospel music, and I… — Nick Lowe Copy Share Image
I've grown up in church and Gospel music was a big thing - and Bluegrass - but I just think of that… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
I liked blues from the time my mother used to take me to church. I started to listen to gospel music, so… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
We used to steal Lil Wayne and Drake CDs from Walmart. We'd steal the CDs and download all the songs onto the… — GloRilla Copy Share Image
Some of our strongest critics, especially inside the church, said we had turned our backs on traditional gospel music and were just… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
For me, I just want to sing about life. And since I come from a spiritual background, I turned to jazz, because… — Lizz Wright Copy Share Image
Rock and roll came in and changed my life and changed the whole music scene forever, and then I grew to love… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I've always said that if I could have made a living someway in gospel music, I would have loved to had that… — George Jones Copy Share Image
Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had… — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
I'm not ashamed, or embarrassed. I'm happy that I grew up listening to gospel music and came from where I came from.… — Katy Perry Copy Share Image
I guess when I got into my preteens, I turned about 12 and I decided to sing R&B, because I felt like… — Jazmine Sullivan Copy Share Image
“I grew up in the 1930s Great Depression when many families struggled to make ends meet, and in an area where old-fashioned… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
I sang a lot of Christian music and listened to a lot of gospel music and stuff like that. So I'm familiar… — Doechii Copy Share Image
My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It… — Faith Evans Copy Share Image
If you don't die of thirst, there are blessings in the desert. You can be pulled into limitlessness, which we all yearn… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I remember when I was 5 or 6 years old, gospel music felt familiar, like I had heard it in the womb… — M. Ward Copy Share Image
