The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My family is still very Southern Baptist, and they're religious.
I even went so far as to become a Southern Baptist for a while, until I realized that they didn't hold 'em under long enough.
My family are very, very religious in Texas. They're Southern Baptists. I left to go to New York when I was 17 and I realised I wasn't Southern Baptist. That's not how I am inclined.
There was a lot of Southern Baptist preachers and some yelling ones but mostly we had a pastor who didn't scream and I found a lot of comfort and joy and peace as a child hearing the Bible.
Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently.
I'm about as Baptist as you get in Hollywood.
I had been raised on country and western in Missouri. But gospel was great.
I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
I was born in Alabama and my first live music experiences were in church. Every Sunday we watched regional gospel groups on television singing their hearts out.
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