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In an interview with the website New
Release Tuesday, August said "I ended up moving back to Dallas, got involved in church again and one night I realized that I hadn't had true convictions in years. I hated that and it hit me hard. I decided that night that I was going to rededicate my music and my
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and soon shared the song with his new record label. The meaning behind the song is August's reflection on how people can take great photographs or make great paintings about objects, yet these objects and everything else were created by God.
211:'s father Joe Simpson and he toured as her opening act and keyboardist. After his contract ended during renegotiation, he decided to return to his roots as a Christian musician.
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ranked it on their 2010 year end charts as the No. 13 "Hot
Christian Songs AC" single and the No. 15 song on the Hot Christian Songs chart.
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life to God. That was
January 18, 2009. That's the night I wrote 'Starry Night'." He was signed to
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received a nomination for the Pop/Contemporary Album Of The Year.
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545:"Biography"
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