Creativity Quote by Amy Grant

Time speeds up the older you get, and Amy Grant doesn’t try to romance that fact. She puts the brutal parts right next to the tender ones: one season is “burying a lot of friends and family,” the next is a stretch where “everybody is doing okay.” That blunt alternation is the engine of the quote. It refuses the comforting myth that stability is the default and grief is the interruption. For Grant, the interruption is the baseline; the calm is the rare weather.

Her phrasing is conversational, almost plain to the point of disarming, which is exactly why it lands. “It seems that there are times…” reads like someone talking in a kitchen, not performing wisdom on a stage. The subtext is a veteran’s realism: decades of life and career teach you that joy isn’t a permanent achievement, it’s a temporary alignment of health, luck, and proximity. You don’t “earn” it. You notice it before it slips away.

The final line, “This is one of those times,” is doing quiet cultural work. It models a kind of gratitude that isn’t performative or manic. In an era that treats positivity like a moral obligation and grief like a branding opportunity, Grant stakes out a third option: presence. She’s not denying loss; she’s naming a pocket of reprieve without tempting fate, as if saying it softly helps protect it. It’s a musician’s instinct, too: you hold the note while it’s still ringing.