Amy Grant
Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grantis an American singer, songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress. She is known for performing contemporary Christian musicand for a successful crossover to pop music in the 1980s and 1990s. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop". As of 2009, Grant had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth25 November 1960
CountryUnited States of America
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I started writing when I was a kid, and I have always seen music as a great opportunity to either get in touch or stay in touch with things that matter, ... how you feel about somebody, what you think, what you hope for, what you are crying about.
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was going to have a front-row seat to some pretty amazing interaction with some very deserving people. I'm so glad my name was thrown into the pot, and I look forward to working with NBC ... and executive producer Andrew Glassman -- and I hope that together we are able to make a lot of dreams come true.
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I don't think it's about the hype, I think it's about the possibility of people saying, 'You mean there is really a possibility that my wish could be chosen?'
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One of the great things about being older is you can be a sounding board, a good listener. But to be honest, I'd just as soon look down a loaded shotgun barrel than snap my fingers and suddenly be 94 today! Growing old isn't for the the weak at heart. The hardest thing would be to see your body backfire. And the whole wrinkle thing is really odd.
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My energy was focused on trying to find my way out of a deep, dark wood, and getting good help that I trusted, and being involved with the people I was responsible for and responsible to. Beyond that extended family/friends/church base, there was no energy to consider who was putting the ban on me. If somebody made that choice, I totally respect that. But I had no interest in trying to justify anything to anybody.
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Music took a bunch of average-Joe Christians who could play electric guitar and sing and threw them into the limelight. But we were not a bunch of Billy Grahams.
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to never underestimate the impact one life can have on another.
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To be invited into these powerful situations is life-changing. I don't know what I expected to happen on this show, but the lessons we are learning as we help these people have just surpassed anything I could have imagined.
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You cannot believe the ripple effect, ... For every person whose wish is chosen, they're meeting a need. And when needs are met, the walls come down between people. When needs are met, people allow themselves to be vulnerable, because things are happening that are important and necessary.
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We did a show in San Antonio that was really amazing. The military helped us do a satellite to Baghdad where during intermission we had eight families seated in the front row and one by one they were able to communicate with their loved ones using the cameras to see each other. It was so emotional and nobody moved even though it was the intermission.
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It's true. I'm a simple person. Some people tend to live from trauma to trauma, and that energizes them. I have a hectic schedule, but my mind seeks simplicity - like being in nature, a long bike ride, or sitting on the back porch.
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That has been said, especially by younger artists. But life just happens, and one step leads to the next, ... A lot of people were already working really hard doing what I was doing before I came along.
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What a great thing to wish for, your life plays out in a way, that you miss something that's so important to you, and somebody says what would you like, or if I could wish I would turn back the hands of time and go back and enjoy this experience that I missed.
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I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.