"I sing to a hurting audience," Mullen suggests, "because I live in a hurting world so I feel like it's part of my job to present hope."
"My goal in life is to encourage those that are out there that are listening. How can I make the next four minutes of this song worth more than just four minutes? How can I leave somebody with hope? That's my goal and if I accomplish that then it's worth more than a Grammy, worth more than a Dove, worth more than any of them."
I love this Woman. She actually gets this thing.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
ok i love the part on the cincinati dvd where she goes "When God made the rainbow he made it multicolor on purpose cuz He loves color He loves beauty and He loves variety-y"
I am everyday people when it comes down to it," she says thoughtfully. "We all get to do different things, but when we take everything else off—we take the titles off, we take the job descriptions off, we take the salaries away—we're all everyday people that hurt, that bleed that cry, regardless of the skin color, regardless of the title of our job."
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Originally posted by CeCeNicole: I am everyday people when it comes down to it," she says thoughtfully. "We all get to do different things, but when we take everything else off—we take the titles off, we take the job descriptions off, we take the salaries away—we're all everyday people that hurt, that bleed that cry, regardless of the skin color, regardless of the title of our job."
"I write from the overflow of my heart," says Mullen. "Things that I see, things I've gone through, things I've just got to get out. Some of these songs other people just can't sing. It's not their story. It's my turn to tell the stories."
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Originally posted by CeCeNicole: "I write from the overflow of my heart," says Mullen. "Things that I see, things I've gone through, things I've just got to get out. Some of these songs other people just can't sing. It's not their story. It's my turn to tell the stories."
Here at the information desk, we strive to pay particular homage to the rightful antiquity of a quote. I believe -although I have not checked facts or confirmed sources- Nicole has borrowed this expression, "overflow of my heart," from her husband, David, who borrowed it originally, from the bearded and beloved Michael Card. Who Michael Card borrowed it from, I can't say. The information desk only goes back so far.
It is, however, a true and lovely saying and a value all writers generally adopt somewhere along the way.
All writers are borrowers. Didn't ya know?
____________________ Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed , each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. Pope Benedict XVI
P.S. It's not a quote, but my favorite Nicole story is the one about shamelessly eating her sister's birthday cake. Now that one, she didn't borrow and it's hilarious. I believe she had help, though.
____________________ Each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed , each of us is loved, each of us is necessary. Pope Benedict XVI
