Music As A Window To Our Souls: Candi Staton & nobigdyl.
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🗓️ 1 February 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Of all the languages in the world, music is one of the most profound. Its many shapes and forms can stir up a vast spectrum of emotions and tell stories in a way like no other.
Candi Staton is a legendary, 4x Grammy nominated R&B and gospel singer. Candi vulnerably opens up about how her music was a direct reflection of things she was facing, including an absent father, an abusive marriage, and a battle with alcoholism, and how the music helped her build a bridge to God for herself and others. nobigdyl. found his way into the music industry at an early age, and stumbled upon an unexpected blessing when his mentor, Christian rapper Derek Minor, fired him so that he would be “pushed out of the nest.” Now, in his music, he addresses difficult topics like mental health problems in order to help listeners feel less alone.
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Interview Quotes:
“The passion that I have for music, the sincerity… when I sing, I sing from my heart, not because I know a song. I put everything in that song that I would do if I was singing it for the first time.” - Candi Staton
“Difficult times always come, you just trust God. He knows the ending from the beginning and the beginning from the ending. He knows all of that. He's already been there. He's already paved the way out. And if you keep those kinds of things in mind, knowing that God has got your back and He's going to lead you into the path of righteousness for His namesake, you can make it through anything.” - Candi Staton
“Whatever job you have, whatever career you have, that amount of hours and those setbacks and changing direction and second guessing yourself and redoing it and failing and then succeeding, it's the same thing for artists.” - nobigdyl.
“I think that being a believer, a follower of Christ, no part of our life is exempt from caring and honoring for the other person.” - nobigdyl.
“He has created us in His image, we are very complex creatures, and I think that an honest look at the Scriptures suggests so much of what we need in these situations where we feel depressed or we feel anxious or we're hurting in any way. We need people to sit with us, to walk with us, to care for us tangibly.” - nobigdyl.
“Prayer is essential for me, and one thing that I learned about prayer was that the less I thought of it as a kind of rigid ritual and the more I thought about it as meeting with a Father who loves me, that kind of opened up my prayer life in a whole different way.” - nobigdyl.
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| 0:00.0 | feeling anxious and overwhelmed, |
| 0:02.0 | Jesus listens is a wonderful way to bring peace, joy, and hope into your life. |
| 0:07.5 | This 365 daily devotional prayer book by Sarah Young |
| 0:11.9 | contains short heartfelt prayers based on |
| 0:14.5 | scripture. Jesus Listen's is available wherever you buy books. |
| 0:20.3 | It was for you I think you will finally get there. God has opened doors for you. You'll finally make it. |
| 0:30.0 | If that's your purpose in life, you'll make it. |
| 0:33.4 | Somewhere and somehow, it may not be on your timing, |
| 0:36.3 | but it may be God's timing. |
| 0:39.1 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. |
| 0:41.3 | Of all the languages in the world, music is one of the most |
| 0:43.8 | profound. Its many shapes and forms can stir up a vast spectrum of emotions and tell |
| 0:48.7 | stories in a way like no other. |
| 0:52.0 | Candie Staten is a no other. |
| 0:59.0 | Candy Staten is a legendary four-time Grammy-nominated R&B and Gospel singer. Candy vulnerable opens up about how her music was a direct reflection of things she was facing, including an absent father, an abuse of marriage, and a battle with alcoholism, and how the music helped her build a bridge to God for herself and others. |
| 1:13.3 | No big deal found his way into the music industry at an early age and stumbled upon an |
| 1:17.9 | unexpected blessing when his mentor Christian rapper Derek Minor fired him so that he would be pushed out of the nest. |
| 1:25.0 | Now in his music, he addresses difficult topics |
| 1:27.7 | like mental health problems in order |
| 1:29.5 | to help listeners feel less alone. |
| 1:32.3 | Let's begin with Candy Story. My name is Candice Dayton. I am an artist. |
| 1:39.0 | I'm on my 33rd album right now. I was born in Hansville, Alabama, 30 miles north of Birmingham. My father in cotton, we had corn, we had peas, butter beans, sweet potatoes, we raised our own food. |
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