Life goes by really fast, and it seems that there are times when you're burying a lot of friends and family. And then there are times that feel really precious and everybody is doing okay. This is one of those times.

- Amy Grant

To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.

- Amy Grant

When I was younger, I just thought that my plans were probably going to be more exciting than my parents' plans or the establishment. I sort of got by on being a little bit of a rebel.

- Amy Grant

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.

- Amy Grant

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.

- Amy Grant

The more time you invest in a marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

- Amy Grant

There is not a formula for the way that God heals. There's not a timetable.

- Amy Grant

Rich Mullins was the uneasy conscience of Christian music. He didn't live like a star. He'd taken a vow of poverty so that what he earned could be used to help others.

- Amy Grant

The people I've been exposed to have been people of amazing integrity.

- Amy Grant

I did the best I could, and in some arenas, my best was not good enough. I've made some bad choices.

- Amy Grant

There's a beauty to wisdom and experience that cannot be faked. It's impossible to be mature without having lived.

- Amy Grant

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving.

- Amy Grant

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.

- Amy Grant

People are going to come into your life that need you, and being there for them makes the day worth living. People are going to come into your life that you need, and that's the really crazy thing.

- Amy Grant

Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect. If it's not based on respect, nothing that appears to be good will last very long.

- Amy Grant

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.

- Amy Grant

Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that's set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God's gift of the Christ child.

- Amy Grant

I think for a woman, the hardest thing about growing old is becoming invisible. There's something very front and center about being young.

- Amy Grant

But my experience is that people who have been through painful, difficult times are filled with compassion.

- Amy Grant

I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice to rise to the occasion, to be kind and considerate, and have self control.

- Amy Grant