Beautiful Quote by Toni Morrison

I grew up in the church. My mother was highly religious. I was singing at the age of five for big congregations.

— Carmen Cusack

Gospel music was very prevalent in my house. My mother also loved Nat King Cole. That was some of the first music that I…

— Gregory Porter

Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids…

— Michael Franti

I grew up in the church around my mum singing in the choir and my dad leading worship. Music runs in my family.

— Raye

Certainly I had from an early age a sense of the power and beauty of religious texts - the awesome magnitude of the Bible…

— Ayana Mathis

My mom and dad sang in the church choir. They also had a local group. They loved music, especially my dad.

— Gladys Knight

My childhood was limited to mostly gospel music. We didn't have, like, a lot of records in our house, you know. It was like…

— Faith Evans

I grew up in the church, singing in choirs, and I went to a performing arts school, and I had a gospel group, so…

— Tweet

I grew up in the church not being able to listen to anything but gospel. So, while [other] people grew up with their parents…

— Rahki

I grew up in the Southern Baptist Church, where my father was a minister at music, so I sang in the church all the…

— Missi Pyle

I actually started singing in church when I was about five years old. I remember looking at the choirs and just hearing all of…

— Kelly Rowland

Church was the thing for me. The fellowship and the message that was given and singing in the choir and singing the solos and…

— DeLisha Milton-Jones