I was always drawn to gospel music and the roots of African-American music. It's the foundation of rock and roll. — Hozier Copy Share Image
“Before I called Bernie I lit a candle in my living room and put on some gospel music. I wanted to center… — Donna Brazile Copy Share Image
Gospel music is not a sound; gospel music is a message. Gospel music means good news. It's good-news music. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
I tell you, gospel music is very uplifting. It's great. It's just a lot of fun to write, and it's wonderful for… — Dion DiMucci Copy Share Image
Well, I've always said that country music has always shared a very unique relationship with gospel music - the hooting and hollering,… — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
Since I was two years old, all I knew was gospel music. That music became such a part of my life it… — Elvis Presley Copy Share Image
My greatest desire is that you would encounter His presence; and everything about your life would be different. — Karen Wheaton Copy Share Image
You can't do gospel and rap. Either you're of the gospel music, or you're a rapper. You can't put the two together.… — Mase Copy Share Image
I'm a church musician. I play gospel music; that's what I do. I never had a chance to produce gospel music, and… — Zaytoven Copy Share Image
My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks in gospel music. With gospel music,… — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
My interest in gospel music and liturgical art and Biblically-inspired literature has nothing to do with organised religion and everything to do… — Moby Copy Share Image
I used to turn to nature and animals a lot. And fishing. I spend time still with my Bible and the gospel… — Brandi Carlile Copy Share Image
We're always trying to elevate the platform of Christian and gospel music, church music, worship music and not just elevate it to… — Israel Houghton Copy Share Image
And different traditions stress different - so then there's that. I talked to an African American who says before she goes into… — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
I think that one of Elvis' charms was that he could sing almost any kind of music. I am sure that in… — Patti Page Copy Share Image
From the church I received a spiritual foundation that has kept me balanced. From the gospel music I learned the importance of… — Oleta Adams Copy Share Image
Everything comes from one thing, everything comes from the Spirit. Jazz would not exist had it not been for gospel music, the… — Ramsey Lewis Copy Share Image
“I used to know a carnival man turned preacher who said the key to his success was understanding the people of what… — James Lee Burke Copy Share Image
My influences were mostly gospel. So I was playing my twisted Jewish equivalent of gospel music over his twisted equivalent of rock… — Al Kooper Copy Share Image
To me, Gospel music is really any music that's a testimony and tells a story of what God has done in your… — Laura Allen Copy Share Image
My heart is still there in gospel music. It never left . . . I'm gonna make a gospel record and tell… — Aretha Franklin Copy Share Image
There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It… — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Gospel music is so ingrained into my bones. I can't do a concert without singing a gospel song. It's what I was… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
The thing I always found about the gospel music was that it reached further into your being if you like, your mind.… — Ry Cooder Copy Share Image
Elvis never had any compunctions about doing gospel music. At the height of his initial breakthrough he was putting out gospel records. — B. J. Thomas Copy Share Image
My family was into music. My dad was into music down south. My mom and grandmother were into gospel music so there… — Joe Louis Walker Copy Share Image
I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B; I got into some Good God gospel compilations. — Yannis Philippakis Copy Share Image
When I think about a Chicago sound, I think about the Great Migration from the South. Many of Chicago's black artists are… — Rhymefest Copy Share Image
My raps are a decision, rabble rousing, spiritual, like gospel music. I don't want to dance. We have so many things to… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I… — Greg Lake Copy Share Image
In spite of calamity, He still has a plan for me, And it’s working for my good, And it’s building my testimony... — Marvin Sapp Copy Share Image
I know people who have sampled gospel music, and then they go to clear the sample, and it's like, 'You can't take… — Frank Dukes Copy Share Image
I've always loved gospel music. Being raised in Mississippi, it was kind of part of the atmosphere down there. — Marty Stuart Copy Share Image
I would think, to me, growing up in the south, growing up with all the gospel music, singing in the church and… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
Gospel music was very prevalent in my house. My mother also loved Nat King Cole. That was some of the first music… — Gregory Porter Copy Share Image
... I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time ... I'll never forget listening to my… — John Pizzarelli Copy Share Image
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
