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Creativity Quote by Amy Grant

"But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go!"

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Grant is puncturing a weird double standard: teen pop stardom has been normalized, but teen faith stardom still gets treated like a seminary exam. She’s talking about how the culture now shrugs at a 15-year-old moving units like a corporation, yet once that same age gets attached to Christian music, adults suddenly demand spiritual authority, moral clarity, and doctrinal fluency. It’s a sly critique of a marketplace that pretends it’s not a marketplace.

The “deep theological questions” line isn’t just a complaint about nosy interviews. It hints at the evangelical machinery Grant came up in, where the artist is sold as testimony as much as sound. Pop can be pure product; Christian pop is expected to be product plus pastor. That expectation flatters the audience (we’re discerning, we’re serious) while cornering the performer into an impossible role: adolescent sincerity packaged as adult certainty.

“From the git-go” lands with a little country plainspokenness, undercutting the seriousness of the interrogation she’s describing. That’s the point. Grant is reminding you how absurd it is to ask a teenager to metabolize fame, money, and public scrutiny while also serving as a theological spokesperson. The subtext is protective and corrective: let young artists be young, and admit that the industry - sacred or secular - benefits when we confuse a microphone with a pulpit.

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Grant, Amy. (2026, February 18). But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go! FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-now-its-kind-of-a-given-that-a-15-year-old-62481/

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Grant, Amy. "But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go!" FixQuotes. February 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-now-its-kind-of-a-given-that-a-15-year-old-62481/.

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"But now it's kind of a given that a 15-year-old would have a record deal and sell a quarter of a million records. No one's expecting her to answer any deep theological questions. And I'll tell you, I was asked some deep theological questions from the git-go!" FixQuotes, 18 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/but-now-its-kind-of-a-given-that-a-15-year-old-62481/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.

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Amy Grant (born November 25, 1960) is a Musician from USA.

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