You have to treat people gently because we are all in a process. What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you do not know that until you get there.- Amy Grant
Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that is real.
There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.
The people I have been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.
The fact of the matter is, when I am on tour, I am juggling so hard to keep all the balls in the air that I do not often get to really enjoy what I am out there doing.
Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning.
Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you are burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times.
It's human nature to be curious about people, and to be more curious about young people than old people. We want to cheer something on at the same time we want to tear it down. That's just so normal.
In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing.
If you went to your closet today, would you pull out the same outfit you wore 10 or 15 years ago? You wear feelings and faith differently as well.
I have found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you do not feel the passage of time as much.
I am not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now.
I am frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does?
I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.
I think that if my kids are completely convinced of God's unfailing love for them, whether they fail or not, they'll have confidence to persevere in life.
