Singing In Church Quotes

I started singing in church and I was probably around seven and I started singing anywhere that I could. I used to sing at my school. I was in musicals and then it kind of got to a point where I started to - wanted to do my own songs.

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

I'm very soulful. I grew up singing in church. When I sing a song, I like to feel what I'm singing.

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!

I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.

My father started me singing in church.

I sang in the choir for years, even though my family belonged to another church.

When I was 5 years old I started singing in church and I hated my voice because I sounded like a grown woman, not a child. I was ashamed of it.

Like all soul singers, I grew up singing in church but sometimes I would leave early and sit in the car listening to gospel band, The Blind Boys of Alabama. Hearing their lead singer Clarence made me connect the idea of church and show business and see how I could make a career singing music that stirred the soul.