Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature
Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature Directory of Contemporary Worship Musicians - Way of Life Literature
e song “Baby, Baby” from Grant’s 1991 album, Heart inMotion, became the first song by a “Christian artist” to takethe No. 1 spot on Billboard (a secular chart). at albumbecame the number one best-selling “Christian” album of alltime, though it has no clear gospel message. Nine of theeleven songs, mostly sung to heavy rock music, do notmention Jesus Christ or God and have no clear Christianmessage of any sort. ey are primarily about romance. etwo songs that do mention God present a hazy, unclearmessage. Consider the words to one of these, “Ask Me” —“She’s coming to life again/ He’s in the middle of her pain/ Inthe middle of her shame/ Mercy brings life/ He’s in the middle/Mercy in the middle.”Amy Grant’s unscriptural philosophy is evident instatements she and her associates have made to the pressthrough the years:“I have a healthy sense of right and wrong, but sometimes, forexample, using foul, exclamation-point words among friendscan be good for a laugh” (Amy Grant, interview with LadiesHome Journal, December 1985, p. 100).“[Amy] doesn’t want the conservative fundamentalists comingto the concerts. She wants young people who will get up andmove to the beat, people who want to be pinned against theback wall by the volume for two hours. at’s what she givesthem. Besides, Amy never had the traditional Gospel musicfans, so how could she turn them off? She has never been thedarling of the fundamentalists” (Don Butler, Gospel MusicAssociation executive director, cited by Bob Millard, AmyGrant, p. 154).“It seems to me that people who are most adamantly againstpremarital sex have experienced some kind of pain in theirown lives. Like the people who say absolutely NO to rock ‘n’roll. Chances are it has something to do with a pastsadness…” (Amy Grant, interview, Ladies Home Journal,December 1985, p. 210).150
“I’m a singer, not a preacher. I’m not looking to convertanybody. I feel people come to hear my music, not to hear metalk” (Amy Grant, St. Petersburg Times, Florida, April 7, 1984,p. 4).“I’m not a preacher. I’m not a reaper, either. And I don’t evenknow if I’m really a sower. Sometimes I think I’m simply thepackage stuck up on a stick at the end of the row that says,‘is is what’s available here ... this is what you’ll find in thisrow if you’re interested’” (Amy Grant, Religious Broadcasting,April 1986).“I don’t feel like it’s my mission in life to preach to people. I feellike it’s just my gi to communicate life as I see it” (Amy Grant,Family Weekly, August 11, 1985).“Why isolate yourself? Your life isolates you enough. I’misolated when I walk into a room and somebody says, She’s aChristian and NOBODY OFFERS ME A JOINT and all thecoke [cocaine] disappears...” (emphasis added) (Amy Grant,quoted by Bob Millard in Amy Grant, New York, 1986, p. 169).“I’ve become disillusioned, and that’s why my lyrics are lessidealistic. I’m realizing that the world isn’t a perfect place, andGod can’t solve everyone’s problems” (Amy Grant, interview,Family Circle, September 9, 1986, p. 24).“If an audience feels I’ve walked away from God because I nolonger talk about Him onstage, then that’s their loss” (AmyGrant, Ibid.).“I get tired of Christians trying to tell me what being aChristian is. I get tired of that kind of Christianity. … Peopleasking, ‘Have you had your quiet time today?’ We have such aregimented idea of what Christianity is” (Amy Grant, 1980,cited by Bob Millard, Amy Grant, p. 107).“at’s one reason I started writing songs, because I didn’twant to impose my religion on anyone. is way the audiencecan sit back and draw its own conclusions. … My art and thefeeling I am trying to communicate through the songs, itwould be silly for me to say, this is who God is; I don’t have anyanswers” (Amy Grant, interview, e Philadelphia Inquirer,Oct. 21, 1984).151
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“I’m a singer, not a preacher. I’m not looking to convertanybody. I feel people come to hear my music, not to hear metalk” (Amy Grant, St. Petersburg Times, Florida, April 7, 1984,p. 4).“I’m not a preacher. I’m not a reaper, either. And I don’t evenknow if I’m really a sower. Sometimes I think I’m simply thepackage stuck up on a stick at the end <strong>of</strong> the row that says,‘is is what’s available here ... this is what you’ll find in thisrow if you’re interested’” (Amy Grant, Religious Broadcasting,April 1986).“I don’t feel like it’s my mission in life to preach to people. I feellike it’s just my gi to communicate life as I see it” (Amy Grant,Family Weekly, August 11, 1985).“Why isolate yourself? Your life isolates you enough. I’misolated when I walk into a room and somebody says, She’s aChristian and NOBODY OFFERS ME A JOINT and all thecoke [cocaine] disappears...” (emphasis added) (Amy Grant,quoted by Bob Millard in Amy Grant, New York, 1986, p. 169).“I’ve become disillusioned, and that’s why my lyrics are lessidealistic. I’m realizing that the world isn’t a perfect place, andGod can’t solve everyone’s problems” (Amy Grant, interview,Family Circle, September 9, 1986, p. 24).“If an audience feels I’ve walked away from God because I nolonger talk about Him onstage, then that’s their loss” (AmyGrant, Ibid.).“I get tired <strong>of</strong> Christians trying to tell me what being aChristian is. I get tired <strong>of</strong> that kind <strong>of</strong> Christianity. … Peopleasking, ‘Have you had your quiet time today?’ We have such aregimented idea <strong>of</strong> what Christianity is” (Amy Grant, 1980,cited by Bob Millard, Amy Grant, p. 107).“at’s one reason I started writing songs, because I didn’twant to impose my religion on anyone. is way the audiencecan sit back and draw its own conclusions. … My art and thefeeling I am trying to communicate through the songs, itwould be silly for me to say, this is who God is; I don’t have anyanswers” (Amy Grant, interview, e Philadelphia Inquirer,Oct. 21, 1984).151
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