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My music was too religious for the rock and roll stores and too rock and roll for the religious stores.

Larry Norman

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Larry Norman
Age: 60 †
Born: 1947
Born: April 8
Died: 2008
Died: February 24
Composer
Musician
Record Producer
Singer
Songwriter
San Jose
California
Larry David Norman
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Stores
Rock
Rocks
Religious
Music

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Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people.
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Don't ask me for answers, I've only got one. That a man leaves the darkness, when he follows the Son.
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The Beatles said 'all you need is love,' then they broke up.
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The churches weren't going to accept me looking like a street person with long hair and faded jeans. They did not like the music I was recording. And I had no desire to preach the gospel to the converted.
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I never felt part of the Christian industry.
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I never sent promotional copies to Christian radio stations in my life. It's not what I'm interested in.
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Art is more engaging that propaganda.
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I love God and I follow Jesus but I just don't have much affinity for the organized folderol of the churches in the Western World.
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Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't believe that the bigger your platform is, the more people will pay attention.
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I want to encourage other people to try to discover who they are, not to try to fit into some superficial prototype of what they think a Christian should be, but to discover who they really are.
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I think we should all be servants. To be really great in God's eyes is to be least among each other and serve each other.
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Outside of Christ, my songs have no value
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I wonder who would lead us if none of us would vote.
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Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around.
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