Pastoral Resources

Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.

Sin does not stop God's grace from flowing, but God's grace will stop sin.

Knowing that you are completely forgiven destroys the power of sin in your life.

When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.

Language is conceived in sin and science is its redemption.

Verse, singing, and speech have a common origin.

Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.

I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here.

So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.

I think people who don't believe in God are crazy. How can you say there is no God when you hear the birds singing these beautiful songs you didn't make?

But I was singing loud, and most singers weren't singing loud.

I had been singing all my life, but I started acting in high school.

If you're going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy; God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.

I think singing traditional country is wonderful, because I'm bringing it to my generation and to the younger kids.

One of my favorites is 'The Sound of Music'. When Julie Andrews runs through the hills singing her head off, I always wish that a gust of wind would blow her skirt up.

I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing.