Amy Grant Quotes

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Amy Grant

Profession : Musician

Birth : November 25, 1960

Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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I can look back at different times in my life when I felt I could not find my way out of whatever it was. I'm not necessarily talking about marriage, but I wanted to pack it in. I wanted to disappear. A lot of that has to do with being in the public eye.

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Depending on what day of the week it is and what time of the month it is, I'm a good friend or not a good friend. I'm more or less a good mom or not a good mom, more or less a good mate or not a good mate. That's just life, whether or not you're public.

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Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there.

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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.

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I think what I mostly realize is just that life is unpredictable. So don't be afraid, but just enjoy the day you're in. Really make the most of it.

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Get outside. Watch the sunrise. Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there's something good about feeling both.

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I just think people should find the music that helps them through the day and enjoy that. I've never felt like, if somebody does or doesn't like what I'm doing, it's a morality issue.

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I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young.

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

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The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.

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Real relationship is gritty and earthy, the stuff that life is made of.

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

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How we absorb music is unique. I know what I do. When I'm listening to music, I tend to find myself in a song. That's what really makes you connect is if you feel what that song is saying.

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

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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.

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