Kim Shattuck Quotes

And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.

I actually grew up playing the piano in the church and was deeply involved in music ministry.

So, when you divide the world into music lovers, music fans and then those people who are just very casual about their music, it's wallpaper to them, it's elevator music, it's just the thing that's playing in the background that helps them through their day.

As for sacred polyphony, there is no reason to be afraid of it.

I always hated 'O Holy Night.' It's so operatic and overwrought.

I find most 'sacred music' pretty dismal.

People do dismiss ambient music, don't they? They call it 'easy listening,' as if to suggest that it should be hard to listen to.

I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I don't like... except for Show Tunes.

I listen to a lot of old-school worship music.

My parents were both opera singers, and they also were both heavily into religious and church music.

I grew up listening to all types of music.

A lot of church music really inspired me. A lot of ancient music that's made for God. If you get really into the history of music, inevitably you're going to have to get into sacred religious music.

I was made to go to church and I heard the gospel songs, and every now then somebody would come through with a guitar and that was a thrill!

Most of the music I've listened to or grew up listening to - a lot of it at least - is instrumental stuff.

If you grow up playing in church, it removes a lot of the boundaries that other musicians might have, growing up with sheet music or whatever.

I listened to 'En la Ceremony' and had always wished it had some flamenco guitar.

There's some belting hymns. Brilliant hymns. When I was an altar boy the hymns were great.

I don't really like club music or hip hop or electronic music at all. I'm like an old person.

I listen to a lot of music from outside, lot of background scores.

I grew up listening to loads of afrobeats; my grandad's Sierra Leonean, so that was always around. My mum loves those kind of beats, too.

We have always played classical music and always loved dance and pop music.

I listen to a variety of music. I like everything from old Arabic music to Portuguese fados.

Of the music that we've done over the years, the things that are the most requested are the hymns. And folk music is also high on the list.

Music in Africa is perceived so differently than Western classical music - it's language and storytelling.

I grew up on a lot of gospel music.