Quotes from Amy Grant

What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

Without black, no color has any depth. But if you mix black with everything, suddenly there's shadow - no, not just shadow, but fullness. You've got to be willing to mix black into your palette if you want to create something that's real.

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

I never thought getting older would be so great. But when it comes to depression, I have experienced less the older I've gotten.

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.

I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as much.

It takes a little time sometimes to get your feet back on the ground.

Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why?

I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.

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.

In the past, when I'd recorded during a break in a tour, it was so easy to sing, because I felt strong. Also, like so many new mothers, I wasn't getting a lot of sleep, and sleeping is such a huge part of being able to sing.

You do your best, you do all this stuff, but the only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.