Singing In Church Quotes

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

  Paul Lynde

  Funny, Life, Family

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• 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!

  Mahalia Jackson

  Long, Singing, Important

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

  Amy Grant

  Teenage, Years, America

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• 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.

  Avril Lavigne

  Motivational, Song, School

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. April 20, 2011.

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• 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.

  Florence Welch

  Children, Voice, Touching

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Fantasia Barrino

  Song, Sight, Singing

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• My father started me singing in church.

  DeForest Kelley

  Father, Sight, Singing

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• 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.

  Loleatta Holloway

  Children, Years, Voice

  "Loleatta Holloway, Gospel and Disco Singer, Is Dead at 64" by Jon Pareles, www.nytimes.com. March 23, 2011.

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• 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.

  Daryl Hall

  Boys, Careers, Ideas

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