Zaytoven Quotes

When I was growing up, I'd be in the choir. My mum was the organist in the church, so I'd sing in the church.

My father's a deacon, my mother's a choir director, so I grew up in the church and singing in the choir, begging my mom if I could have a solo.

Writing songs out of my faith was a real natural progression. I grew up singing in my dad's choir and singing with my family. Christian music became the music that I identified myself with and was a way that I expressed my faith. Even at a public school I would take my Christian music in and play it for my friends.

I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.

You must remember I grew up around music. Three of my family were musicians.

Our parents were musicians.

I mean, I grew up in a very musical family.

I didn't grow up with classical music. My father was a folk music singer.

My dad played music so I was around it at a really young age.

The music that I chose during my life, it wasn't arbitrary. It was all in my family home when I was growing up. I never tried to record anything I hadn't heard before the age of 10. Otherwise, I couldn't do it authentically.

I came up in gospel.

I come from a good family. I come from a faith-based family.

My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home.

I grew up in a musical family, but nobody was a professional musician.

I was in my dad's church, his Baptist church, and I think the first song I ever performed was 'Jesus Be a Fence Around Me.'

My father was a minister, so I was a P.K., a preacher's kid.

I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.

Music was around in my family in two ways. My mother would occasionally sing to me, but I was mostly stimulated by the classical music my father had left behind. I had an ear for music, I suppose, so that's what began my interest in music.

In fact, my parents were church people; my father was a deacon in the church.

I come from a musical kind of family.

I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.

I grew up listening to gospel. That was the only thing that I had reference to because that was what my family was involved with.

I grew up in the church. I was raised in the church.

My mom always says I cut my teeth on the church pew.

My biggest musical influences are probably my parents.