Quotes from Amy Grant

My experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

I refuse to believe that we're only here to live and die.

I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn't affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters.

To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.

Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others.

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

I need music like I need water.

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.

I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else.

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible.