Admire Quote by Igor Stravinsky

I had abandoned Catholicism, but even during my short militant atheist period I maintained an interest in western religious art and music.

— Tim Crane

“After graduating high school and leaving my faith-reinforcing circle of Christian classmates, my religious fervor cooled somewhat, but I was still firm in my…

— Alan Jeskin

At graduate school in 1999, I finally had the chance to examine why I believe what I believe. I realised that I'd had no…

— Mahershala Ali

A lot of church music really inspired me. A lot of ancient music that's made for God. If you get really into the history…

— Weyes Blood

Throughout the long period of religious doubt, I had been rendered very unhappy by the gradual loss of belief, but when the process was…

— Bertrand Russell

I dabbled with faith, and I explored religion quite thoroughly.

— Hozier

Indeed the influence of music on the development of religion is a subject which would repay a sympathetic study.

— James G. Frazer

In those fifty, the Old Man made me take religion seriously. I'd never been religious, but he told us that religion is important whether…

— John Green

I started to write religious music at a time when it was absolutely impossible. The first religious work I wrote was the 'Psalms of…

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Now, the topic of religion seems much more complex, and I have a more complex relationship with it myself because I love religious music.…

— Adam Conover

Given that religious faith is an intrinsic element of human experience, it is best to approach and engage the subject with a sense of…

— Jon Meacham

“There was a growing conviction that religion had to become as rational as modern science.”

— Karen Armstrong