Comfort Quote by Perfume Genius

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

— Jennifer Niven

I always pray when I write songs that my spirit guides, or whoever is with me, inspiring me, would let me speak the truth.

— India Arie

I was at a picnic, and there were a lot of songwriters. I remember praying, 'God I wish you would give me a song.'…

— Andrae Crouch

I've recorded songs that are prayers in different styles, not just in the traditional gospel style that can help and comfort them. It's the…

— Oleta Adams

Songwriting becomes a conscious attempt to delve into the unconscious. Even those writers who scoff at the concept of a spiritual source for their…

— Paul Zollo

I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had…

— Iyanla Vanzant

Good hymns are an immense blessing to the Church. They train people for heaven, where praise is one of the principal occupations.

— J. C. Ryle

As soon as I could write with a little pencil, I was writing these little hymns and illustrating them, and I thought they should…

— W. S. Merwin

There's some belting hymns. Brilliant hymns. When I was an altar boy the hymns were great.

— Peter Kay

The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles of the…

— Heber J. Grant

“My mom used to have her own hymnal. It was as marked up as her Bible. She sang in the church choir for years.…

— Katherine Reay

People love to hear the choir sing the hymns.

— Mack Wilberg