Randy Owen Quotes

The most consistent musical experience I had growing up was church music.

I actually grew up listening to music as like - church music and stuff like that.

I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.

I know at my church a lot of the times we sung from hymn books and as we got older we started to change with time. I can honestly say that I was never influenced to write for the church.

I loved music since the Seth Ward Baptist Church outside of Plainview.

I started out in gospel music. A lot of people don't know that I started out in gospel music, and I've never lost sight of it.

When I was little I was into gospel music.

I grew up around a lot of church musicians.

The idea of music coming from the Church is not new.

We played, jazz, blues, dixie, and it all came from the church. When I went to church, I would see the sisters and brothers doing the same beat.

The whole musical institution of the church involves a lot of different styles of communication at the same time. Things like call and response. Sometimes they use the music to pray and work things out. And there's so much repetition in gospel, it's like churning butter.

I auditioned for a solo in church and got it. I was about seven and I sang a song called, 'Jesus, I Heard You Had a Big House' and I remember people standing up at the end and me thinking, 'Oh, I think I'm going to like this.' That's how it all began. Sounds funny to say you got your start in church, but I did.

For four years, my mum allowed only church music in the house.

But nowadays hymns are the norm, because people don't have much else to sing.

I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out.

Whether looking at pop music, hip-hop or R&B, it's rare to find an artist who hasn't been touched or affected by the power and soul of gospel music. In fact, many of today's popular artists such as Whitney Houston, John Legend, and Katy Perry started their careers in the church choir.

Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.

I have been singing gospel music since I was four years old.

I was a big fan of black gospel. As a kid, there were black groups I sang with from my teen years to my early 20s.

In church, they have the music where you jump and you shout, you know, and then you have the quiet music where you're sitting, you're meditating.

Certainly, gospel was my background - is my background.

I grew up singing in church as a little boy.

I'm from the gospel world. I grew up playing in church.

I was influenced by gospel and Christian music from a very young age.

Music was brought up in the church.