theironhorse
10-03-2004, 06:41 PM
Sunday Dispatch #201
I had run from my faith when I left home and ran right into rock 'n' roll, which was the worst thing my dad could have ever expected me to do.
But when you're called to write, you just write what you feel. At the time I was writing those songs, I didn't think about or question why the lyrics had religious or spiritual connotations. I just wrote about what I was feeling, what I was struggling with. It did mess with the dynamics of the band. They were mad at me. They'd say, 'We didn't want to be in a Christian band!' They wanted to be in a rock 'n' roll band. ...
But I had a [spiritual] calling on my life, from when I was younger, and the way I was raised, and I couldn't run away from it.
At the time, we could honestly say we weren't a Christian band. I was rebellious, kind of running from God, struggling in my faith. It was challenging, but it was a blessing in disguise, because it really allowed our music to go places where normal secular music wasn't allowed to go.
I also found out I wasn't alone in the world. There were a lot of people out there that had the same struggles with their faith.
~Scott Stapp, former lead singer of Creed, in World
I had run from my faith when I left home and ran right into rock 'n' roll, which was the worst thing my dad could have ever expected me to do.
But when you're called to write, you just write what you feel. At the time I was writing those songs, I didn't think about or question why the lyrics had religious or spiritual connotations. I just wrote about what I was feeling, what I was struggling with. It did mess with the dynamics of the band. They were mad at me. They'd say, 'We didn't want to be in a Christian band!' They wanted to be in a rock 'n' roll band. ...
But I had a [spiritual] calling on my life, from when I was younger, and the way I was raised, and I couldn't run away from it.
At the time, we could honestly say we weren't a Christian band. I was rebellious, kind of running from God, struggling in my faith. It was challenging, but it was a blessing in disguise, because it really allowed our music to go places where normal secular music wasn't allowed to go.
I also found out I wasn't alone in the world. There were a lot of people out there that had the same struggles with their faith.
~Scott Stapp, former lead singer of Creed, in World