Brian Littrell Quotes

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

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 believe I was born for this, to tell people about the Lord. I just wanted to find the best way that I could do it, and music, God graced me to be able to do it, and that was the way that I chose to be effective and tell people that the Lord loves them.

Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy.

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

I listen to a lot of old-school worship music.

I have a church background. I've been playing piano and keyboard and organ all my life in church.

I was brought up singing gospel, and I really enjoy getting the church up on their feet, their hips swaying, their hands clapping, it's a great feeling to evoke that energy for the Lord.

I think one of my greatest gifts is leading worship.

Now, there are people that are Christian artists, because they have a purpose to be evangelical for Christ. I don't feel I've been called to that yet. Now, that could change. There's no telling what kind of call God will put on my life.

I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music.

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.

I had a Jesuit education, and I consider acting and the theater as kind of a calling - a vocation.

I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.

I'm unable to ignore the gift that God gave me, so I'm going to sing.

For years, my mom dated a man who was really active in the Baptist church in the town next to the town I grew up in, and so he used to drag me to these Baptist church services that lasted forever. I remember that I didn't like the church services, but I really liked the music.

It's great to hear from people who have been touched by these songs. It has been good to know that the Lord is using this in ways I am not even aware of.

Without sounding too pretentious, I feel my job is almost like becoming a monk or a nun - it's a calling.

You do manage a somewhat religious attitude toward your art. It is a calling rather than a job.

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

My father is maestro at the Metropolitan church, which gives me an opportunity to write for the church as much as I please.

I grew up singing in the church choir, but I've not really had any training.

I used to go to the Church of the Harvest, right off Adams and La Brea. There was a pastor there who had the best big choir and the best band. He would start praying, and the music would start playing and just make people feel so good, you could break out of whatever you were going through. Soft music can have that effect, too.

As a worship leader, I feel this sort of responsibility to help add to the soundtrack of people's day.

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