--- title: "8 Playing Church Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Playing Church quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Playing Church sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/thundercat-6339_church_the-church-we-grew-up-playing-at-was-not_195089.jpg" --- > [The church we grew up playing at was not one of those churches known for its music, but it was just this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thundercat/the-church-we-grew-up-playing-at-was-not-one-of-those-churches-known/) [Thundercat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thundercat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/thundercat-6339_church_the-church-we-grew-up-playing-at-was-not_195089.jpg) > [“Lets stop playing church, lets stop playing Christian, simply let the truth Christ live in you, now there is no need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-hartley-jr/lets-stop-playing-church-lets-stop-playing-christian-simply-let-the/) Alex Hartley Jr [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/alex-hartley-jr-89707_acting_lets-stop-playing-church-lets-stop-playi_238480.jpg) > [Ah tell you to trow the child away ah would ah pay the doctor to do it, but you playing church girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glen-rambharack/ah-tell-you-to-trow-the-child-away-ah-would-ah-pay-the-doctor-to-do/) [Glen Rambharack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glen-rambharack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caa/glen-rambharack-269_children_ah-tell-you-to-trow-the-child-away-ah-wo_285841.jpg) > [I grew up with a sense of music being a very spiritual experience while playing in church and with parents who were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamasi-washington/i-grew-up-with-a-sense-of-music-being-a-very-spiritual-experience/) [Kamasi Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamasi-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e40/kamasi-washington-4976_church_i-grew-up-with-a-sense-of-music-being-a_1904286.jpg) > [In New York, I'm playing in a church, solo, doing instrumental stuff. There's talk of doing more, like, installation-type things with some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bird/in-new-york-i-m-playing-in-a-church-solo-doing-instrumental-stuff/) [Andrew Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/andrew-bird-4041_church_in-new-york-i-m-playing-in-a-church-solo_2118828.jpg) > [My grandmother, she say I shouldn't be playing. I should go to church. Fially, I say I'm going do this, I'm going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muddy-waters/my-grandmother-she-say-i-shouldn-t-be-playing-i-should-go-to-church/) [Muddy Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muddy-waters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/muddy-waters-16111_bother_my-grandmother-she-say-i-shouldn-t-be-pl_2230594.jpg) > [If there is no deep yearning for a life that is well pleasing to Him, if there is no stimulating desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-vernon-mcgee/if-there-is-no-deep-yearning-for-a-life-that-is-well-pleasing-to-him/) [J. Vernon McGee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-vernon-mcgee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b47/j-vernon-mcgee-9910_amount_if-there-is-no-deep-yearning-for-a-life_2943190.png) > [I'm from the gospel world. I grew up playing in church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-glasper/i-m-from-the-gospel-world-i-grew-up-playing-in-church/) [Robert Glasper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-glasper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/155/robert-glasper-10147_christianity_i-m-from-the-gospel-world-i-grew-up-play_2999706.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/playing-church/#itemlist", "name": "Playing Church Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The church we grew up playing at was not one of those churches known for its music, but it was just this all-around energy that would be happening because, at the same time we'd be playing in church, we'd be playing in the city jazz band under Reggie Edwards.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thundercat" }, "url": 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