Born: Amy Lee Grant November 25, 1960 in Augusta, GA
Siblings: 3 older sisters
Married: to Vince Gill since March 10, 2000 and prior to Gary Chapman, from June 19, 1982 until June 1999
Kids: Matthew Garrison Chapman (September 25, 1987), Gloria Mills (Millie) Chapman (December 16, 1989) & Sarah Cannon Chapman (October 11, 1992). A girl Corrina Grant Gill (March 12, 2001) with Vince Gill.
Eyes: brown
Hair: brown, naturally curly (never permed until I had children!)
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 128 lbs.
Current number of nieces and nephews: 18
Music style: contemporary christian music, pop
Hobbies: writing, long walks, manual labor, sitting in barns,riding
Worst year: Sophomore in college
First romantic kiss: Spring of 7th Grade
Last romantic kiss: about 2 hours ago
Pet peeves: too many interviews
Scariest thing that happened to me: surgery to reattach a loose retina June 1995
How I started singing: sang at school for my friends
Wrote my first song: 15 years old
Number of albums recorded to date: 14 (1994)
Longest tour: Unguarded (June 1984 - September 1, 1986)
Longest camping trip: 21 days, summer after 9th Grade
Number of baths in those 21 days: 3
Longest flight: to Niarobi Kenya to visit a friend
First car learned to drive on: beat up, green '63 VW bug
First car owned: maroon, '73 MG BGT
Pets: 2 cats, 1 German Shepherd and several horses
Educational stuff about Amy
Colleges: Furman University in Greenville, SC and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. I am 20 hrs short of graduating.
Number of A's in High School: 5
Number of F's in High school: 1 in English Lit
Major in college: English Lit
Amy's favorites & least favorites
Fav food: spaghetti
Least fav food: can't think of any
Fav ice cream: Baskin Robbins Chocolate Chip, Haagen Dazs Chocolate Chocolate Chip
Fav desert: Something that involves chocolate and peanut butter. It can be a Reeces Peanut Butter Cup or just a blob of peanut butter with Nestle's chocolate chips.
Fav passtime: gardening and cleaning
Fav thing not to do: scrub the toilet
Fav number of traffic tickets: Speeding - 1, Parking - 14 or so...I stopped counting
Fav my own favorite source of trivia - Harper's Index
Fav casual restaurant in Los Angeles: California Pizza Kitchen
Fav ethnic foods: crunchy shrimp rolls & bagels with smoked salmon and capers
6th Grade music obsession: Cher
7th Grade music obsession: Carole King
8th Grade music obsession: Bette Midler
Fav sport to participate in: snowskiing and golfing
Fav professional sport: football
Fav team: I'm fickle, but usually the Bears
Fav season of the year: all of them! Firelight in winter, the colors of fall, blossoms in spring and sweating all summer!
Fav TV show: Seinfeld
Fav comic strip: FAR SIDE by Gary Larson
Fav Cartoons: Bugs Bunny
Fav Vacation: The beach in Florida
Fav Actor: Kevin Costner
Fav Singer: James Taylor
Fav Bible verse: Hebrews 10:23
Fav Prayer: Psalm 139
Fav Book: When I was seven, it was "Charlotte's Web".
The most life-changing book I've read to date is "This Present
Darkness" by Frank Peretti