Contemporary Christian Music Quotes

I can just be a Christian who sings mainstream music instead of having to be a Christian who has to somehow just sing Christian music.

When I was doing mainstream country, there was no way that an executive was going to ask you to do a gospel album.

I listen to Christian 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.

It's so funny being a Christian musician. It always scares me when people think so highly of Christian music, Contemporary Christian music especially. Because I kinda go, I know a lot of us, and we don't know jack about anything. Not that I don't want you to buy our records and come to our concerts. I sure do. But you should come for entertainment. If you really want spiritual nourishment, you should go to church... you should read the Scriptures.

It's really interesting to go back to '93 or '94 and listen to that music, like the I'll Lead You Home record.

Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No.

I like writing different types of music. I like writing Christian music. I like collaborating with Christian artists. We have a Christian following. I love writing kids' music.

But Stacie Orrico was my childhood hero. I was about 12 when I found her music. She is a contemporary Christian artist, and I can honestly tell you that I don't think I'd have a soulful voice if I didn't listen to Stacie. I wanted to sound just like her growing up, and to this day I STILL think I sound a little bit like her. But she is AMAZING!

Christian music was music that I grew up listening to that I can't say has had much of an impact on anything I have done in my adult life. Maybe Christianity has, but certainly not the bullshit Christian music I was listening to when I was 12. To me there's not much substance in that music. I don't have a message or anything.

I think that some people still think that the formula other than gospel still is not strong enough to get that crossover appeal to people enough that they would play it all the time, or nonchurch people would accept it, but I disagree.

I don't know if it's embarrassing, but I have a lot of girl Christian music.

There are a lot of bad worship songs, in my opinion, but there are a lot of good ones, too.

So, Shane & Shane are my favorite Christian artists out there.

You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy.

I grew up in the church and loved contemporary Christian music. I go back to the early days of when it first started with the likes of Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith. Those people that really pioneered are heroes of mine.

I love gospel, Christian R&B, and rap.