“I grew up in the church, and I feel very strongly about it.” FeelsChurchGrewGrew UpVery Strong Author:Mary Ann Mobley
“For me, when I grew up playing music, I played music in church and people were shouting and having a big time, and church wasn't something where it was subdued. If you played something, you brought it to church with you.” PeopleIfsBigsChurchGrewGrew UpShoutingPlaying Music Author:Randy Owen
“It came from my mother. She was a singer, and literally every day of the week she sang at a different club in a different genre of music: country, R&B clubs, jazz clubs, church on Sunday morning where she was the music director, pop hits, soft rock. I grew up listening to all this music, so it was never one thing for me.” DifferentCountryMotherChurchMorningOne ThingWeekRocksListeningGrewDirectorsGrew UpJazzClubsPopsSingersGenreSundaySunday MorningDifferent GenresDays Of The WeekGenres Of MusicChurch On SundayDifferent Genres Of Music Author:Robert Glasper
“I grew up in church. That's how most young African American musicians learn how to perform. You could be six years old and playing organ or drums in front of thousands or hundreds of people.” PeopleYearsYoungChurchFrontsGrewSixGrew UpMusicianAfrican AmericanOrgansSix Year Olds Author:Robert Glasper
“I grew up in the Midwest and had a lot of exposure to big religion. I went to church every Sunday - my mother even sang in the choir - and most families I knew where practicing Christians.” BigsChristianMotherChurchGrewGrew UpSundayExposureChoirMidwest Author:Michael McMillian
“I grew up in San Francisco in the 1970s. We were part of a church that belonged to the California Jesus movement.” JesusChurchMovementGrewGrew UpCaliforniaSan Francisco Author:Sara Zarr
“Influences come from everywhere. I don't really feel like I had too many influences for the first record because I grew up listening to music in church, and that was pretty much it. I didn't really grow up listening to AC/DC and all those bands.” FeelsFirstsGrowsChurchGrowing UpRecordsInfluenceListeningGrewBandGrew UpListening To Music Author:Avril Lavigne
“I watched my parents in their leadership callings in the Church and the community. We just grew up knowing that we should serve and do whatever we could do to make things grow.” ShouldGrowsParentCommunityChurchKnowingGrewCallingGrew Up Author:Margaret D. Nadauld
“I grew up in the church and had religion in my life for a long time. I'm not really a church goer, but I definitely have a hunger for a spiritual connection to the world and for my soul to be healed.” WorldLongSoulSpiritualChurchGrewGrew UpLong TimeConnectionsHungerMy SoulHealedSpiritual Connection Author:Wes Bentley
“I grew up in church and I don't think I necessarily understood what it meant to be called into the culture and the community in the city that you're in or the town that you're in and live effectively and be informed and be gracious with people.” PeopleThinkingCultureCommunityChurchCitiesGrewGrew UpUnderstoodTownsMeant To BeGracious Author:Shane Harper
“For a long time religion made me feel guilty for being involved in music. Growing up, the religion I grew up in, the Church of Christ, encouraged a capella, but didn't allow musical instruments, so even though my parents allowed me to play trumpet in the band, and I was pretty good at it, it had this baggage.” FeelsLongMadePlayParentChristChurchGrowing UpGrowingGrewInvolvedBandGrew UpLong TimeInstrumentsMusicalGuiltyTrumpetsBaggageMusical InstrumentsChurch Of Christ Author:Gary Panter
“I grew up in a Southern Baptist-style church with a choir, a band, and music, but I've been asking myself my whole life, "Why is my own church, my own community, rejecting me because of my sexuality?".” WholeCommunityChurchMy OwnStyleGrewBandGrew UpAskingSexualityWhole LifeSouthernBaptistsChoirRejectingSouthern Baptist Author:Roger Ross Williams