 But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go. |
| I feel a part of the congregation. I've never had to do special music. The kids sing in the choir. It's just normal. We're treated like everybody else. |
| You have to treat people gently because we're all in a process. 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. |
| I can look at the future with anticipation. And it's comforting to know that someday, as Christians, we'll be able to look back and have a little more clarity on why certain things in life happened. |
| I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices. |
| I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young. |
| Anybody who's ever gone through a hard time - any outsider's perception, no matter how much information they're given, they have no idea what the person's life is like. |
| Since I travel so much, it's always great to be home. There's nothing like getting to raid my own refrigerator at two in the morning. |
| I'm frustrated by something, it's my fault for exposing myself to it in the first place. The rumor mill always seemed like a grass fire to me. Why walk out in the middle of the field, it's just going to flame out and go away just like everything else does? |
| I was taught a lot of Bible at home and had a voracious appetite for reading the Bible. |
| The fact of the matter is, when I'm on tour, I'm juggling so hard to keep all the balls in the air that I don't often get to really enjoy what I'm out there doing. |
| Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No. |
| If you went to your closet today, would you pull out the same outfit you wore 10 or 15 years ago? You wear feelings and faith differently as well. |
| I love being with my children. They're fascinating people. |
| But to make a holiday record that involves favorite American songs and then also get to sing about Jesus birth, it just seemed like a real easy, subtle way to combine a couple of things that I love. |
| 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. |
| I'm not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now. |
| Everybody's entitled to think whatever they want and to express that, but my personal day-to-day experience does not come into contact with any of those people. |
| But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion. |
| 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. |
