Israel Houghton Quotes

I would love to hear all types of Christian artists played all over the world. I'd love to hear good, positive mainstream music played all over the place. I'd love to be able to bring music together. But I have not deserted Christ. I have not deserted my faith.

All the best musicians started out in church; Jesus invented rock 'n' roll.

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

I'm a true singer who grew up singing in church, so I love singing my heart out.

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

I've been singing forever; I grew up singing in church.

I'm a big fan of gospel music, and you cannot be a fan of rock and roll, you cannot be a fan of country western music, and you can't really be a fan of jazz without listening to a lot of music that's religious.

I think the amazing thing about gospel music is that not only does it lift up the death and resurrection of our Lord, which is consistent with the Gospel, but it is uniquely communicated depending upon the generation.

I feel that Christian music is a subculture directed towards the Christians. It's not really being exposed to non-Christians and it's not really created for non-Christians, so non-Christians almost never hear any of this music.

I never wanted to really make a career out of doing Christian music exclusively, but I love it to my core. I love music. I love what I'm doing now.

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

I'm a church musician. I play gospel music; that's what I do. I never had a chance to produce gospel music, and I did a full album with Lecrae that's the number one Christian album. It's super-big for me.

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

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

If you grow up playing in church, it removes a lot of the boundaries that other musicians might have, growing up with sheet music or whatever.

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

My favorite singers in the world have been black singers, and you can go to any church and hear the best singers in the world - and I'm a singer, and I love singing!

My dad plays guitar in the church band, so it's like music as a service. He plays at old-people homes, so that's like music as a gift.

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

I've known for a very long time that making music for the church has been my calling.

In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions - one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.

I grew up singing in church as a little boy.

I was playing drums in church when I was six. Then I picked up the piano when I was 11 or 12.

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

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.