EAMusic1: Welcome AMY GRANT!!!
Question: Amy I Love YOU!! What is your role in this new movie and when is it on,
Question: i can't wait to see it!
AmyGrantEA: I play a blind cellist and it airs Sunday night on CBS....8:00 CST on Sept 26th
Question: KAAMOJI: Amy, thanks for all your wonderful music. How different was
Question: the movie from the videos that you have done?
AmyGrantEA: Thank you. The great thing about a video
AmyGrantEA: is that the music constantly inspires
AmyGrantEA: your energy level. It's like jogging with
AmyGrantEA: earphones on and you can run forever, yo
AmyGrantEA: you feel like Rocky.
AmyGrantEA: Delivering the script on a movie set
AmyGrantEA: can feel uninspiring. You have to provide
AmyGrantEA: all the energy.
Question: Red3KM: how did you get started in movies?
LOG COUNT: There were 2 member(s) in The Bowl at 06:00 PM AmyGrantEA: Ever since the "Baby baby" video, it's like
AmyGrantEA: every time I've made a video the director has AmyGrantEA: made a point of telling my manager that
AmyGrantEA: I should act.
AmyGrantEA: Usually, the comment is, "She focuses
AmyGrantEA: well, she has a brain, and she takes
AmyGrantEA: direction"
AmyGrantEA: And so, an interesting script came along
AmyGrantEA: that was not about a singer and I liked that.
Question: Mrpunk2u: Hi Amy, Adam here... your music has always been a positive
Question: force, but many artists today seem irresponsible; is it fair to say
Question: that artists ARE role models, and should take responsibility for the
Question: messages their music is giving children?
AmyGrantEA: Thanks for a light question, there, Adam.
AmyGrantEA: ;)
AmyGrantEA: It seems like a person's art/music
AmyGrantEA: reflects their life. So, I guess the real
AmyGrantEA: question is, is an honest portrayal
AmyGrantEA: of somebody's life always a good
AmyGrantEA: role model? And the answer is, no.
AmyGrantEA: An argument can be made for sanitizing
AmyGrantEA: everything. I have three children of
AmyGrantEA: my own and part of me wants to lock
AmyGrantEA: them in a padded cell to protect them.
AmyGrantEA: People want to be lifted up because
AmyGrantEA: life is so hard. And I think that's why
AmyGrantEA: inspirational music will always be
AmyGrantEA: something that people want to hear.
Question: JKJordan98: First of all a big hello from Germany... Amy, is there any
Question: chance to see you live on tour again? Europe and especially Germany
Question: are waiting for you, your music and your smile. Love Sabrina
AmyGrantEA: How kind! That's really sweet!
AmyGrantEA: No immediate plans for overseas travel.
AmyGrantEA: I have some amazing memoreis
AmyGrantEA: in Germany.
Question: Hugs2005: In real life do you really play the cello?
AmyGrantEA: No. In fact, every time before the camera
AmyGrantEA: rolled they would soak the strings of my
AmyGrantEA: bow so you couldn't hear how bad
AmyGrantEA: the sounds I was making with my cello were.
AmyGrantEA: LOL
Question: SSemm:Hi Amy! What is your favorite song to perform? thanks, Mae
AmyGrantEA: It depends on my mood. Favorites are,
AmyGrantEA: El Shadday, Baby Baby, I Will Remember You.
AmyGrantEA: I have sentimental attachments to a lot
AmyGrantEA: of different songs.
Question: CecilleV18:Hi, Amy....how are you??? 'Hope all is well.....Are you
Question: going to have a new album release this year?
AmyGrantEA: Yes. October 18th I'm releasing a new
AmyGrantEA: Christmas album called "Christmas To Remember"
Question: Mrpunk2u:Hi Amy, ... now that you've made the full-length TV movie, "A
Question: Song from the Heart," are you eager to act again soon, and if so, what
Question: kind of role would you be most interested in doing?
AmyGrantEA: I would love to act again. Maybe not soon.
AmyGrantEA: It takes over your whole life. I would
AmyGrantEA: enjoy playing a smaller part in a
AmyGrantEA: feature film.
Question: *BleuEyes7: What do you do when you have free time ?
AmyGrantEA: I have a vague memory of free time.
AmyGrantEA: LOL
AmyGrantEA: Yesterday afternoon we lined the backyard
AmyGrantEA: like a football field and played touch
AmyGrantEA: football until the sun went down.
Question: NHB10NHB:Amy, do you still drink TAB?
AmyGrantEA: I was a real TAB Fanatic and actually a TAB can appeared on the back of a live album
AmyGrantEA: cover in the early 80s. I haven't had
AmyGrantEA: one in probably 15 years.
Question: IAmTDD: What inspires you to write your songs?
AmyGrantEA: Either intense emotion or an album deadline.
AmyGrantEA: ;)
Question: Rodermoo: I've been a big fan since '82. Any plans for a Pop or Live
Question: album?
AmyGrantEA: I'm supposed to deliver a pop album to Interscope, my new record company in June of 2000.
AmyGrantEA: I don't know the release date, but I'm
AmyGrantEA: supposed to finish my record by June.
Question: MichMcClur: Amy- any plans to release another greatest hits or a video
Question: collection?
AmyGrantEA: Well, that was sort of in the works when A&M was dissolved.
AmyGrantEA: Right now I think Interscope just wants AmyGrantEA: new material.. They don't want a best of.
Question: BRthbn: how old were you when you started music
AmyGrantEA: I wrote my first song when I was 15.
AmyGrantEA: And I signed a record contract that
AmyGrantEA: same year. I released my first album
AmyGrantEA: when I was 17. It was 21 years ago!
AmyGrantEA: I'm 38 now!
Question: RomaTears: Amy, how long did it take to film the movie?
AmyGrantEA: Four weeks.
Question: REJ001: When you first began singing did you have stage fright and if
Question: so how did you get over that fear?
AmyGrantEA: I still have stage fright sometimes.
AmyGrantEA: If you can figure it out, let me know how to get rid of it! LOL
AmyGrantEA: It's just getting from backstage to the front of the stage that's nerve wracking.
AmyGrantEA: Once you're out there singing, you realize
AmyGrantEA: you feel incredibly normal and it's going
AmyGrantEA: to be a great experience.
Question: Hi Amy, you were involved in helping the Columbine shooting victims
Question: and their families;that must have been so intense emotionally, how did
Question: it personally affect you and your faith?
AmyGrantEA: I didn't have any answers. From a faith AmyGrantEA: perspective, it just made me more aware
AmyGrantEA: of how much we need God's mercy.
AmyGrantEA: But, I think the whole experience was
AmyGrantEA: so overwhelmingly painful it was hard to
AmyGrantEA: really let it all in. I tried, but it was just
AmyGrantEA: like it made my insides shut down.
Question: Hi Amy, I really been touched by your music and have seen you on tour
Question: many times and I really like your accoustic solo sets with you and the
Question: guitar. Do you ever plan on doing an "UNPLUGGED" album and video?
AmyGrantEA: Well, there's no immediate plans.
AmyGrantEA: thank you! That sounds like a great idea to me. I don't know
how interesting a whole albu
AmyGrantEA: album or video would be of that because
AmyGrantEA: I'm not really a great guitar player.
AmyGrantEA: But I've always had this fantasy of
AmyGrantEA: having this great little late night gig
AmyGrantEA: in a coffee house with a guitar, so if
AmyGrantEA: the video thing doesn't pan out, find me
AmyGrantEA: at the little sausalito coffee shop!
Question: AMYGFREAK7:Amy are you gonna watch your movie on Sunday?
AmyGrantEA: Well, CAA, my agency, had the idea
AmyGrantEA: to throw a big party. You know, food, invite
AmyGrantEA: a bunch of people to watch it on a big
AmyGrantEA: screen. And that idea just really mortified
AmyGrantEA: me. So this weekend is my son's birthday
LOG COUNT: There were 2 member(s) in The Bowl at 06:15 PM AmyGrantEA: and my sister's daughter's birthday.
AmyGrantEA: So we're going to have a big family
AmyGrantEA: get-together (about 30 of us) and eat
AmyGrantEA: Mexican food and watch the movie.
Question: How difficult was it for you to play a blind person? AmyGrantEA: Well, I have these contacts that obscured most of my vision and I spent
AmyGrantEA: a quite a bit of time at the Tennessee
AmyGrantEA: School for the Blind and worked with a
AmyGrantEA: mobility instructor and they provided
AmyGrantEA: two consultants on the set so that in
AmyGrantEA: the event that I did something that
AmyGrantEA: only a sighted person would do they
AmyGrantEA: would just refilm the scene.
Question: SPARKTX13: HOW CAN I BECOME A SINGER NOW IN LIFE ! GIVE ME SOME ADIVE
Question: PLEASE! AND REALLY LOVE U
AmyGrantEA: Well, start singing. Singing is like
AmyGrantEA: a muscle. If you have the talent, it
AmyGrantEA: gets better the more you use it.
AmyGrantEA: Surround yourself with musicians
AmyGrantEA: and writers that inspire you. And when
AmyGrantEA: you've done everything you can do know
AmyGrantEA: that all you can do is your best. It doesn't
AmyGrantEA: necessarily mean that doors are going
AmyGrantEA: to swing wide open. Even a not-so-big
AmyGrantEA: outlet for making music, whether it's
AmyGrantEA: in church or ina club will satisfy that
AmyGrantEA: creative urge. It's not a record deal,
AmyGrantEA: but at least you're doing what you love.
EAMusic1: We have been getting this question from alot of you and will ask amy again!
Question: MCY03970: Amy, first of all thanks for giving us as fans the
Question: opportunity to chat with you! I know your Christmas album will be out
Question: in October, but when can we expect a non-seasonal album?
AmyGrantEA: Fall of 2000.
Question: LPVargas: I really like your dance remixes. Do you plan on doing more?
Question: -Lionel-
AmyGrantEA: That really is up to the record company.
AmyGrantEA: If they feel that some song has hit potential they try to make it accessible to a lot
AmyGrantEA: of formats.
AmyGrantEA: I guess it was not a good sign there were
AmyGrantEA: no dance mixes on my last record! LOL
AmyGrantEA: My guess is, because Interscope is
MisTinyWiny: (779) anyone caN HERE ME
AmyGrantEA: so aggressive in their promotion department,
AmyGrantEA: that there will probably be dance mixes
AmyGrantEA: on the next pop record.
EAMusic1: What are your plans for the millenium?
AmyGrantEA: I don't have any yet.
Question: Skittles02: Who will be appearing with you in your CBS
Christmas
Question: Special? when will that be?
AmyGrantEA: It will air in the first half of December on CBS.
AmyGrantEA: I've only just started working out the
AmyGrantEA: details of the special. The only guests
AmyGrantEA: that I've asked so far who've said yes,
AmyGrantEA: is 98 degrees. But I'd love to have
AmyGrantEA: older artists which represent the Nat King Cole genre. Somebody like Tony Bennett
AmyGrantEA: or Ray Charles. I'd like to have a
AmyGrantEA: contemporary of me and not
AmyGrantEA: just 98 degrees.
Question: MichMcClur: Amy, do you have plan on cutting your hair really short?
AmyGrantEA: It's so funny that you ask that because my good friend, Beverly and I, were
AmyGrantEA: just talking about when we travel, I'd like to travel across Europe packing
AmyGrantEA: lightly with a backpack and guitar and in the airport I'd like to cut my hair
AmyGrantEA: next to my scalp. But I don't want any pictures. This is not about a look. this
AmyGrantEA: is merely functional. But I don't know when that trip might happen.
EAMusic1: Amy wanted to mention about the christmas special AmyGrantEA: We're only just getting the ball rolling on this and we're a little disorganized
AmyGrantEA: because I only just signed the contract
AmyGrantEA: to do the special. So we've not worked
AmyGrantEA: out everything, including the guests yet.
AmyGrantEA: It should air within the first two weeks of December.
EAMusic1: lots of you wanted to ask about amy's kids
AmyGrantEA: Matt turns 12 tomorrow. And his daddy, Gary Chapman and I gave him a go-kart for his
AmyGrantEA: birthday.
AmyGrantEA: I am so far out of my league in this
AmyGrantEA: decision, but Gary's a real dare-devil.
AmyGrantEA: Gary and I went through a divorce
AmyGrantEA: at the end of last winter so it's been
AmyGrantEA: a tough year for all of us, but we're
AmyGrantEA: all doing a lot better now.
AmyGrantEA: And Millie is an amazing writer.
AmyGrantEA: She's 9 and a half and is constantly
AmyGrantEA: starting novels...chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3 and then she quits, which is
AmyGrantEA: a lot like her mother.
AmyGrantEA: And Sarah will be 7 in two weeks.
AmyGrantEA: She is cheerful and easy going and
AmyGrantEA: the apple of Gary's and my eye.
Question: Jmbacon21: If you could record with any artist out there, who would it
Question: be???
AmyGrantEA: I don't really think that way.
AmyGrantEA: I mean there are a lot of people who's
AmyGrantEA: voices I love. Bonnie Raitt., I was a long
AmyGrantEA: time James Taylor fan. I love John Hiatt.
AmyGrantEA: I don't know. I guess my approach to
AmyGrantEA: life and work is just wait until
AmyGrantEA: opportunities present themselves in a
AmyGrantEA: natural way, and then I follow that path
Question: MakyManole:Amy... whether you cut your hair or not, it doesn't matter...
Question: as long as you let us know WHEN and WHERE in Europe you'll be! Love,
Question: Maky
AmyGrantEA: That's great. The last time I was in
AmyGrantEA: Germany, I had a night off and I
AmyGrantEA: opened my guitar case and sang for
AmyGrantEA: my supper on a street corner.
AmyGrantEA: And so, I guess I'll probably do that
AmyGrantEA: again, minus hair, new songs, unidentifiable. EAMusic1: Thank you AMY, is their anything you'd like to say to all of your fans?
AmyGrantEA: There are no words that can express
AmyGrantEA: what a rich experience it has been
AmyGrantEA: to make music for the last 21 years.
AmyGrantEA: How can I describe this? It's like I meet people and they already have their arms
AmyGrantEA: open ready to embrace, ready to share
AmyGrantEA: their own story with me.
AmyGrantEA: This whole music thing has led to a lot
AmyGrantEA: of sweet friendships. Thanks for
AmyGrantEA: letting my songs be a part of your life.

EAMusic1: Thank you AMY!! she will be in the CBS movie "Music from the
Heart" on Sun nt
AmyGrantEA: Thank you! Bye everybody!