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title: "1 Half Church Quotes By Teddy Pendergrass"
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> [As a matter of fact my, my very first time singing when I was two and a half, three, was in church. So, ahm, church is very, very much a part of who I am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/as-a-matter-of-fact-my-my-very-first-time-singing-when-i-was-two-and/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a23/teddy-pendergrass-31282_church_as-a-matter-of-fact-my-my-very-first-tim_1259605.jpg)

## More by Teddy Pendergrass

> [I just know that I wasn't happy where I was. I didn't feel complete. I didn't feel like I was contributing what I needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/i-just-know-that-i-wasn-t-happy-where-i-was-i-didn-t-feel-complete-i/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [I've always been willing to take challenges, I grew up taking challenges: being an only child, having a mother, no father, I've always been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/i-ve-always-been-willing-to-take-challenges-i-grew-up-taking/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [From the time I can remember my mother kept me in church. I think my first recollection of any place, being anywhere was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/from-the-time-i-can-remember-my-mother-kept-me-in-church-i-think-my/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [I love to be in control of everything I do and everything around me. So that means, you give me a romantic lyric and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/i-love-to-be-in-control-of-everything-i-do-and-everything-around-me/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [It gets harder and harder to make sure your public understands you're a sensitive human being, but I am sensitive. I don't like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/it-gets-harder-and-harder-to-make-sure-your-public-understands-you-re/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [When I go on stage I am just, I don't make any attempts to do anything more than just what makes me comfortable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/when-i-go-on-stage-i-am-just-i-don-t-make-any-attempts-to-do-anything/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [The majority of my audience has always been women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/the-majority-of-my-audience-has-always-been-women/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [Nothing in my songs is disrespective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/nothing-in-my-songs-is-disrespective/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [If you can't move the audience, they don't want you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/if-you-can-t-move-the-audience-they-don-t-want-you/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [I can't speak for everybody, I think, for me, I will not be defined by the lyrics of my song. I am a man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/i-can-t-speak-for-everybody-i-think-for-me-i-will-not-be-defined-by/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [As a matter of fact my, my very first time singing when I was two and a half, three, was in church. So, ahm,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/as-a-matter-of-fact-my-my-very-first-time-singing-when-i-was-two-and/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [I don't ever feel that it's necessary to say certain things. I think we can be very suggestive. I think we can allude to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/i-don-t-ever-feel-that-it-s-necessary-to-say-certain-things-i-think/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [Life didn't promise to be wonderful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/life-didn-t-promise-to-be-wonderful/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [I've always been one to take chances and I've always been one to, to create or follow through with instincts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/i-ve-always-been-one-to-take-chances-and-i-ve-always-been-one-to-to/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

> [When you talk about bad luck and you talk about the things that create those circumstances and you talk about what it takes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teddy-pendergrass/when-you-talk-about-bad-luck-and-you-talk-about-the-things-that/)

[Teddy Pendergrass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teddy-pendergrass/)

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