“By all means write new songs. Each generation must do that. But to neglect the church's original hymnbook is, to put it bluntly, crazy” WritingMeanSongChurchGenerationsCrazyOriginalsNeglectNew Songs Author:N. T. Wright
“In the largest sense, every work of art is protest... A lullaby is a propaganda song and any three-year-old knows it... A hymn is a controversial song - sing one in the wrong church: you'll find out...” KnowsYearsArtSongThreeChurchArt IsPropagandaProtestWorks Of ArtThree YearsControversialHymnsLullabyThree Year Olds Author:Pete Seeger
“Let the church come to God in the strength of a perfect weakness, in the power of a felt helplessness and a child-like confidence, and then, either she has no strength, and has no right to be, or she has a strength that is infinite. Then and thus, will she stretch out the rod over the seas of difficulty that lie before her, and the waters shall divide, and she shall pass through, and sing the song of deliverance.” ChildrenLyingSongFeltWaterChurchPerfectSeaWeaknessDifficultyInfiniteDividesHelplessnessDeliverance Book:Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851 Source: Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851
“I am a politically motivated person, and that will come through in the music. I'm not sure if every song will be Take Me to Church, but I can only hope that people enjoy the body of work that I have ahead of me.” PeopleIfsPersonsI CanBodySongEnjoyChurchNot SureMotivatedTake Me Author:Hozier
“Safe Harbor is a state of mind... its the place - in reality or metaphor - to which one goes in times of trouble or worry. It can be a friendship, marriage, church, garden, beach, poem, prayer, or song.” MindStatesRealitySongChurchPrayerWorryTroubleSafeGardenMetaphorBeachState Of MindHarborsTimes Of TroubleSafe Harbor Author:Luanne Rice
“If your songs connect with the fans and they pump their fists in the air and go "Yeah!!" that's when a song really works. That's the electric church of it. The glory hallelujah of it.” IfsSongChurchAirFansGloryYeahElectricFistsPumpsHallelujah Author:Gene Simmons
“I am a person that believes in different emotions with music. Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.” WorldMindBelieveMayPersonsDifferentSongChurchEmotionFieldsLeavingUrbanFrame Of MindVibesGoing To ChurchUrban LifeDifferent Emotions Author:Cam Newton
“I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'” ThinkingFirstsSongJesusChurchDadMy DadFenceBaptists Author:Aretha Franklin
“My experience is that lots of people go to church, sing the songs, tell the story, etc but have profound ambivalence about God.” PeopleStoriesSongChurchProfoundEtcAmbivalence Author:Rob Bell