By Phil Cross on September 24, 2009
Why I Write:
I started playing piano when I was about nine. I probably wrote my first song when I was a teenager. Writing was my outlet of expression along with the piano. Songwriting kept me through a lot of tough times and helped me grow in the Lord. I write now ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on September 24, 2009
Why I Write:
I played around making up little songs from the time I was about 4 or 5. I absolutely loved words, reading, and rhyming things, and since I was playing the piano and singing a lot by that age, it just sort of became a part of what I did around the house. ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on September 9, 2009
Why I Write:
I fell in love with this music as a teenager in the mid 1980’s, discovering music by The Hinsons, The Rambos and The Paynes. I loved that these groups wrote their own music and lyrics. For some reason, it appealed to me that these folks were sharing the emotions in their ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on September 9, 2009
Why I Write:
I believe that God puts a drive and desire in everyone to want to make a difference in the world. No one wants to leave this earth without leaving a mark. Gospel music SHOULD be the timeless and extraordinary truth of God’s Word put to music. When your lyric lines ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on September 4, 2009
Why I Write:
I have always had a love for gospel music. My father and mother both were great influences on my writing. I remember so many times on the way to church they would plug in the Happy Goodmans, The Stamps Quartet, The Imperials, The Couriers Quartet, The Rebels Quartet, The Rambos and ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on September 4, 2009
Why I Write:
I fell in love with Gospel Music when I was a small child, going to Singings at the Ellis Auditorium in Memphis, Tennessee, with my family. I saw the Statesmen there, the Blackwood Brothers, the Oak Ridge Quartet, the Speers, the LeFevres, the Rangers Trio, the Goss Brothers…all the greats of the ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on September 4, 2009
My Story:
I began writing sometime around the age of 18 or 19…. I traveled around quite a bit as a soloist doing church dates, revivals, and campmeetings. I would sing all my own original songs and people loved them, but I never felt like they were really top shelf material…
I would go to Jimmy Benson’s ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on September 4, 2009
Why I Write:
I wrote my first song 1989 while sitting at my desk at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Virginia. The first song wasn’t a great one, but it lit a fire inside that is still growing. I knew then that God had gifted me with something unusual…putting phrases together that relate ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on September 4, 2009
Why I Write:
I guess you could say it runs in the family. My Mother is a wonderful songwriter and the author of one of the most popular songs in the Independent Baptist movement (which I was raised in) entitled: “Goodly Heritage”. I always knew the Lord wanted me to sing songs. Little did I know ...
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Category: Song Writers
By Phil Cross on July 28, 2009
Why I Write:
“I was the kid made fun of, the outcast, and the misfit of Westview Elementary, Tyner Middle School, and Tyner High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee. But God had a plan for my life. He used the brokenness of my childhood to inspire me to write songs about a God who is ...
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