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Bart Millard

Profession : Musician

Birth : December 1, 1972

A Little Hope' is a song we wrote a couple of years ago and hated the thought of it not getting at least a little attention. It's a song that just makes you smile.

Bart Millard

My dad was a monster and I realized if the gospel could change that dude, the gospel can change anybody.

Bart Millard

Probably about 10 years ago or so I told my grandmother that I always wanted to make a record of hymns if I could ever make a career of all of this. She kind of held me to it. She passed away in 1999. I just never forgot it.

Bart Millard

We have jokingly said if you've got good hair, can sing and know three chords, you can lead worship at First Baptist Houston or wherever. But that's kind of scary, putting somebody on stage just because they have a good voice. Do they know theologically and spiritually what they're saying and why they're doing it?

Bart Millard

I have one brother who's five years older than me and he was a huge part of my childhood.

Bart Millard

More than anything, whether it's my dad's fault or whatever, I wouldn't allow myself to be loved. I lived most of my life thinking that I was unlovable, that I was broken goods, or whatever.

Bart Millard

I don't know what it is, but St. Louis has always welcomed us with open arms.

Bart Millard

Whether you have an abusive father or the most amazing dad ever, every son is trying to find their way out from under the shadow of their dad.

Bart Millard

My son, Sam, is 15 years old, and he's been a diabetic since he was 2. When you're a parent of a child with any kind of chronic illness, these things don't go away. You have a lot of good days, but some days you feel like you're losing bad.

Bart Millard

We try to do everything that we can to make Christ the center of attention. Our goal is to kind of broaden the definition of worship. I know that God has always used us as a forefront for people to draw closer to Him and get into His presence.

Bart Millard

I have pretty much always been about - if I write that song or whatever, it is all for Mercy Me. Anything I want to do is for Mercy Me.

Bart Millard

Let me put it this way, if you were drowning, you wouldn't really be in a place to lend a hand as far as being rescued. You'd be at the mercy of the lifeguard. Once pulled out, you may be a little out of it, not sure where you are, but safe nonetheless.

Bart Millard

I finally got the dad I always wanted and then he left. At 18, 19 years old, I was really upset and had to work through that.

Bart Millard

On Christmas Eve, it's my wife and my son and my daughter and I. We're home, and we open our presents together on Christmas Day, and then after we go visit the rest of the family.

Bart Millard

I ended up living in fear for most of my childhood.

Bart Millard

If somebody told me people would still care about our music 25 years ago, I would have thought they were crazy.

Bart Millard

God was always a refuge for me growing up.

Bart Millard

I've been through difficult times where it just seems like hope is nowhere to be found, but those are some of the greater moments where we run to Christ a little faster and hang on a little tighter.

Bart Millard

Good songwriters write about what consumes their heart, and ours is about our relationship with God.

Bart Millard

What I view as worship now is certainly a little different than how I used to view worship. I don't see it as a verse in a chorus, on a big screen with words, like I used to. It's just trying to be as real as possible in front of an audience.

Bart Millard