Quotes from Lauren Daigle

I loved Celine Dion. I loved Whitney Houston and these big powerhouse vocals.

I get so full off of stories that people send in of encouragement.

When it comes to awards and things like that - I don't know why - I just always sit in amazement and never really expect it.

It doesn't matter if they're in this block or that block: my heart is for all people to know and encounter the love of God.

You have to know your identity. It's the biggest thing in wanting to pursue creative dreams.

If we show people that fear isn't actually the place that we have to surrender to, fear isn't actually the thing that we have to answer to, but instead, it's going in and loving people.

My goal is always to just do my best and hope that the people who find my music also find God in the process.

We, as Christians, have a legacy to leave, and it's all about a love of Christ to permeate the music and reach the hearts of all of the people out there, that don't know him and do know him.

I grew up listening to country music with my dad on the way to school.

I definitely don't ever plan on compromising, and if that means I'm rebellious, then so be it. I'm all for it.

The most incredible part of seeing people embrace and recognize my music is experiencing the lives of people when they are powerfully affected, encouraged, and personally impacted.

My hope is that people experience the music and, in that, something works in them, that they realise how exceptional they are. Maybe that it inspires them to do something great in their own lives.

I consider the homeless just as important as the richest of the rich.

When I go back to Louisiana, I want to be the same person that my friends remember me as. It's so important to me.

When I was 15, I had this illness and was basically housebound for two years.

As I've gotten older, my love for jazz has increased.

I love co-writing. That whole process is a challenge in that good writers are pushing you.

Someday, I hope to do a jazz club tour.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to be the best, but when it takes over the joy in the moment, and the joy in the journey, then that's where there's an internal tension. And I have to surrender that.

I'm so grateful that God has allowed His heart for people to translate through music, to impact the lives of so many, just like a loving Father would.

I have known in my heart since I was a little girl that music was a major part of my life and always would be, but seeing others respond to the words I sing amazes me.

In South Louisiana, every single thing we do is jazz or zydeco.

Seriously, my heart is to just go forward as far as I can, making music that I love and seeing where the journey takes me.

Being from South Louisiana, we're just kind of rootsy.