{"id":21015,"date":"2023-07-07T07:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T14:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=21015"},"modified":"2023-07-07T08:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T15:56:43","slug":"kelly-lang-i-think-its-jesus-video-premiere-with-web-exclusive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2023\/07\/kelly-lang-i-think-its-jesus-video-premiere-with-web-exclusive-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"KELLY LANG &#8220;I THINK IT&#8217;S JESUS&#8221; Video Premiere &#8211; with Web-Exclusive Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>KELLY LANG \u201cI Think It\u2019s Jesus\u201d VIDEO PREMIERE \u2013 with Web-Exclusive Interview<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Musician:\u00a0 KELLY LANG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Premiere:\u00a0 \u201cI Think It\u2019s Jesus\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F3JHwpHiBm0\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong><br \/>\nGOD WHISPERING IN HER EAR: KELLY LANG\u2019S SOULFUL, SPIRITUAL \u201cLIFE SENTENCE\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>M Music &amp; Musicians magazine<\/em> is proud to present the Video Premiere of Kelly Lang&#8217;s &#8220;I Think It&#8217;s Jesus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Lang is the living definition of a true Renaissance woman. Singer, songwriter, producer, painter, author, speaker and comedian are roles she has embraced passionately. Lang\u2019s physiognomy and voice beam a love of life and warm glow further complementing her chic fashion sense and perfect accessories, but the story of her success has featured plot twists worthy of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. <em>M\u00a0Music and\u00a0Musician\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0magazine\u00a0spoke with Lang about the source of her creative inspiration, ruminations on lessons learned in the recording studio, kinship with her audience, battle with cancer and prescription for artistic success.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-02-Studio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21026\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-02-Studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-02-Studio.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-02-Studio-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Life in\u00a0Oklahoma<br \/>\n<\/strong>Born the youngest of four children in Oklahoma, Kelly was immersed in music at an early age. Lang\u2019s mother used to spin the records of Elvis, Frankie Valli and Gladys Knight at home. As the music blared through the walls, Kelly hoped one day when she grew up to be a singer like Knight, and remembers roller skating to her songs. Lang has always been around the music industry. She was introduced to it in a non-traditional way.\u00a0 Kelly\u2019s father, Velton Lang, was the manager of a grocery store that Conway Twitty frequented when the country music legend needed large checks cashed after bankers\u2019 hours, which led to the two cultivating a friendship. When Twitty offered the Lang patriarch a position working for him, Velton obliged\u2014following his exit from the grocery business, writing a new chapter in his life as Conway\u2019s road manager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exodus to\u00a0Nashville<br \/>\n<\/strong>The\u00a0Lang family made their exodus from\u00a0Oklahoma City when\u00a0Conway\u00a0Twitty committed to a geographical relocation, and a six-year-old\u00a0Kelly landed in Hendersonville, Tennessee.\u00a0She had experiences\u00a0different from most children entering kindergarten, including writing her first song,\u00a0country music stars like Loretta\u00a0Lynn and George Jones\u00a0ringing the household\u00a0landline, and meeting singer, actress and Aussie superstar Dame Olivia\u00a0Newton-John through Twitty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHello Darlin\u2019\u201d <\/strong><strong>A<\/strong><strong>cademically Average Social Butterfly Growing Up Around Conway Twitty<br \/>\n<\/strong>Growing up around Conway\u00a0inspired Lang\u00a0to want to do more, and she was given the privilege of having a backseat view to see everything from\u00a0Twitty\u2019s perspective.\u00a0She remembers Conway as\u00a0kind, loving and an ever-present family friend.\u00a0Lang describes her\u00a0enthusiasm for performing during this era as way more before her talent caught up with it.\u00a0A faded photo of Kelly as a little girl offers\u00a0a glimpse both into her childhood and\u00a0Velton\u2019s working relationship with Twitty.\u00a0Conway and\u00a0port baseball caps and yellow jerseys emblazoned with the words \u201cTwitty Bird,\u201d while Kelly in all capital letters graces the pigtailed schoolgirl\u2019s t-shirt.\u00a0Velton\u2019s trajectory for\u00a0Kelly Lang\u2019s success now began to materialize as the academically average social butterfly found herself 20 minutes north of\u00a0Nashville,\u00a0the songwriting capital of the world,\u00a0singing on\u00a0<em>The Ralph Emery Morning Show<\/em> when she was 12.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-09-single-cover-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21043\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-09-single-cover-art.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-09-single-cover-art.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-09-single-cover-art-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Penning Compositions Brings Prosperity<br \/>\n<\/strong>Penning compositions which have been recorded by the likes of Ricky Skaggs, Lorrie Morgan, The Oak Ridge Boys, Crystal Gayle, George Jones, B.J. Thomas, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Lee highlights Lang\u2019s success as a songwriter. Sir Barry Gibb, Dame Olivia Newton-John, Paul Shaffer and Lee Greenwood have performed or recorded duets with Kelly\u00a0Lang, who has 12 albums to her credit ranging from original material and covers of retro hits to children\u2019s songs.\u00a0<em>11:11<\/em>,<em> Shades of K<\/em>, <em>Throwback<\/em>,<em>\u00a0Iconic Duets<\/em>\u00a0(with husband T.G.\u00a0Sheppard), and<em>\u00a0Old Soul<\/em>\u00a0<em>II\u00a0(<\/em>which<em>\u00a0<\/em>Lang also produced) are among the compendium pieces needed to see beyond\u00a0Kelly Lang\u2019s visage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cancer Diagnosis, \u201cA Life Sentence\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Through self-exam Lang\u00a0found two lumps which prompted her to see a doctor, who told her that she was too young to have breast cancer. It never showed up on a mammogram or ultrasound, but it was just something that Lang\u00a0felt\u2014chalk it up to her intuition. Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36, Lang had\u00a0a lumpectomy and went through chemotherapy.\u00a0A single mother of two daughters who were nine and 13,\u00a0at the time,\u00a0Lang\u00a0had just started to date T.G.\u00a0Sheppard, a country music star in his own right. The couple hadn\u2019t even begun to talk about marriage, so\u00a0Lang\u00a0thought this life-changing event would break the romance apart, but it brought them closer together. Sheppard went to every MRI with her, holding her hand and singing to her.<\/p>\n<p>The song \u201cLife Sentence\u201d details\u00a0Lang\u2019s journey through a dark place known as cancer, but with defiant optimism she faces it\u2014choosing to celebrate life rather than fearing death.\u00a0Lang looks at cancer as a life sentence, giving her the opportunity to hit reset on her life and to appreciate things more, giving her more empathy for every person. She doesn\u2019t take things as much for granted now as she did before, and appreciates the lessons she\u2019s learned.\u00a0The video for the song features\u00a0real-life breast cancer survivors dubbed cancer thrivers.\u00a0Sterile cold hospital interiors set against pictures of cancer survivors holding inspirational messages expresses Lang\u2019s\u00a0mantra.\u00a0Lang minus her luscious locks of hair\u00a0due to chemo,\u00a0add another layer of bold unflinching honesty. The video is dedicated \u201cin loving memory of my sweet friend Dame Olivia Newton- John.\u201d John lost her battle with breast cancer in 2022.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21028\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-04-Dad-and-Conway.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21028\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21028\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-04-Dad-and-Conway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-04-Dad-and-Conway.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-04-Dad-and-Conway-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Velton Lang, Conway Twitty and Kelly Lang<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Partners in Rhyme, Spouse T.G. Sheppard<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lang describes working with her spouse T.G. Sheppard, a country music star in his own right, as incredible. Sheppard has had 21 number 1 hits. There is no competition between them. She asks him for advice. They have a solid friendship and marriage, and celebrate one another. She views opportunities to sing together as a real treat. They honor each other\u2019s careers. Lang describes Sheppard as a wonderful human being, referring to the duo as partners in rhyme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cHopelessly Devoted to You\u201d Friendship With Olivia Newton-John<br \/>\n<\/strong>Meeting Olivia Newton-John when Lang was six,\u00a0while\u00a0Newton-John was on tour with opening act Billy Joel, would not be the first time the stars\u2019 paths would cross.\u00a0Many years later\u00a0Lang\u00a0became friends with Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees. An invitation\u00a0Gibb extended to\u00a0Lang for an event in Florida would reunite Lang with Olivia\u00a0Newton-John, and the two bonded because of their cancer situation\u2014and a friendship was born.\u00a0Super easy to talk with, loving and wickedly funny is how Lang characterized\u00a0Newton-John, who wrote the foreword to Lang\u2019s autobiography.\u00a0Newton-John and\u00a0Lang recorded a duet cover version of the Bee Gees\u2019 \u201cHow Can You Mend a Broken Heart.\u201d The track is a symbolic triangle of friendship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Autobiography<\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0I\u2019m Not Going Anywhere,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong>COVID-19 Pandemic<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lang\u2019s autobiography came about as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She claims she didn\u2019t want to write the book but was coerced into doing it. With a lot of time on her hands, she started cleaning out the garage and found a lot of notes from back when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 18 years earlier. She didn\u2019t know what to do with them and had forgotten that she had written them down, but they were in detail. A friend called her saying she had a weird dream that Lang\u00a0had written a book, and it had helped people, and\u00a0Lang wondered if it had anything to do with the notes she had found.<\/p>\n<p>Using the cancer diagnosis as the starting\u00a0point,\u00a0Lang worked her way backwards through her musical career, the harsh stopping point at breast cancer and how she has learned to live with that happily and abundantly all these years later. She hopes her memoir provides hope and inspiration to the reader. The tome\u2019s title comes from a song with the same name that\u00a0Lang wrote many years earlier and before being diagnosed with cancer. The song was originally recorded by her husband T.G., appearing in the 2008 Burt Reynolds film, <em>Deal<\/em>. Ascension Hospitals picked up the song in 2021 for a national television campaign. The title of the book, <em>I\u2019m Not Going Anywhere<\/em>, goes hand in hand with the song Sheppard and Crystal Gayle recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Published during the pandemic,\u00a0Lang\u00a0has literally received thousands of messages from people all over the world saying that the book has helped them or a loved one going through a health crisis. Calling the\u00a0book a fun easy read, one thing she\u2019s proud of is the QR codes after every chapter with videos to back up every story, making it interactive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coffee Cups and Cocker Spaniels in Oil<br \/>\n<\/strong>T.G. bought Lang, whose\u00a0brother is a trained artist,\u00a0an oil painting kit when she was 33. A\u00a0little coffee cup was the first thing she painted.\u00a0T.G. wrote the iconic Folgers coffee jingle \u201cThe Best Part of Wakin\u2019 Up,\u201d and Lang thought\u00a0the painting would make a nice gift for him. When she took the painting to be framed, the woman who was going to frame the art wanted to buy it from Lang.<\/p>\n<p>Lang had finished a pilot about pets and was pitching it to OWN, Oprah Winfrey\u2019s television network. The gentleman who was helping Lang pitch it suggested the best thing she could do was to paint Oprah\u2019s cocker spaniel Sadie.\u00a0Lang eventually acquiesced to the request. Oprah loved the painting but passed on the pilot. Lang still\u00a0indulges her interest in\u00a0painting but reserves the artistic endeavor for gifts or auctions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-03-Old-Soul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21027\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-03-Old-Soul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-03-Old-Soul.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-03-Old-Soul-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>God Whispering In Her Ear<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kelly Lang wrote her first song at six, and prefers singing to writing.\u00a0She describes her creative process as God whispering in her ear, and relies more on this celestial intervention than making a dedicated time to write.\u00a0She\u00a0explored her relationship with Conway Twitty in the song \u201cGoodbye Darlin\u2019,\u201d a tip of the hat to Twitty\u2019s \u201cHello Darlin\u2019,\u201d as a tribute to\u00a0Conway. She couldn\u2019t find any paper or pencil, so she wrote the song on a napkin with lip liner while on the side of the interstate, recorded it the next day and gave it to\u00a0Twitty\u2019s family as a gift. When performing the song\u00a0Lang felt both the presence of Twitty and her father.<\/p>\n<p>Lang counts Lorrie Morgan as one of her biggest supporters. At one point, Lang was working at the department store chain Dillard\u2019s, selling fragrances. Morgan encouraged Lang and paid for her photo shoot, clothes and getting her hair done for a television appearance.\u00a0Lang wrote with\u00a0Lorrie Morgan, for a whole year every week\u2014in essence writing Morgan\u2019s whole life story to music for the album\u00a0<em>I Walk Alone<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>She refers to \u201cThe Killer,\u201d a song written with T.G. Sheppard, Bobby Tomberlin and Jerry Lee Lewis,\u00a0as\u00a0her most fulfilling cut\u2014when she got to go into the studio with Jerry Lee to record it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Touching Hearts with Speaking Engagements<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lang is not seeking notoriety or fame through her speaking engagements, but rather an opportunity to touch hearts. She wants people to feel better about themselves and stay encouraged. Fame and fortune are fleeting and don\u2019t help her at night. What does help Lang is\u00a0beautiful heartfelt letters by people who heard her music and were affected or have read her book and said it was life altering.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Old Soul<\/em><\/strong><strong>, Lang Puts Her Stamp on Vintage Hits<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lang likes\u00a0to go back and find songs that are historically amazing. She fulfilled this desire with<em>\u00a0<\/em><em>Old Soul<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Old Soul II<\/em>, a collection of her own versions of vintage hits that are still played today.\u00a0\u201cMissing You\u201d by John Waite and \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got to Do with It\u201d made famous by Tina Turner, are songs that are unforgettable, and transport the listener to a happier time.<\/p>\n<p>Gladys Knight is Lang\u2019s all-time favorite singer. Lang covered Jim Weatherly\u2019s \u201cMidnight Train to Georgia,\u201d made famous by Gladys Knight &amp; the Pips, on the album <em>Old\u00a0Soul II<\/em>.\u00a0Lang has\u00a0great respect and honor for\u00a0Gladys Knight,\u00a0acknowledging you can\u2019t outdo her.\u00a0Little Kelly Lang in Oklahoma would be bouncing off the walls!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI Think It\u2019s Jesus\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>Lang has a strong faith and doesn\u2019t know how anyone gets through life without believing in God. If she did not have a communication with Jesus, she would be so sad, disconnected and empty, but because she knows she\u2019s not alone,\u00a0Lang is not\u00a0afraid of tragic stories in the news or the threat of war because this life on earth is not her permanent home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did the idea for \u201cI Think It\u2019s Jesus\u201d come to you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I recently took my daughter to see Brooks &amp; Dunn, in Nashville. Their performance of \u201cRed Dirt Road\u201d and \u201cBelieve\u201d moved me emotionally. As I looked around, I noticed that many of the audience members had tears in their eyes and had lumps in their throats. This experience made me wonder \u201cWhat is that common thing we all feel? I have also had strange occurrences such as seeing consecutive numbers, finding random feathers and coins in unexpected places, and seeing red birds when I think of my late father. I believe that these things may all have a common thread. I like to think that it all stems back to a spiritual place, thus the title \u2018I Think It\u2019s Jesus.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Kelly Lang is the living definition of a true Renaissance woman. Singer, songwriter, producer, painter, comedian, author and speaker are roles she has embraced passionately.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What did you learn about yourself after these recent studio recordings?<\/strong><br \/>\nThis album has been a challenge to finish, due to some health issues of my friends that I rely on in the studio. Working through some of the obstacles that this has caused, I have learned never to take for granted the fact that I sing and write.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which song of yours do you continue to include in almost every live show?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I always try to include in my set list a song I wrote called \u201cI\u2019m Not Going Anywhere.\u201d As timing would have it, the song was featured in a national advertising campaign for Ascension Hospitals during the pandemic.\u00a0As it aired, I received letters and messages from people expressing how the lyrics resonated with them.\u00a0Connecting with people through my music is very important to me, and it now seems this has become my signature song.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21029\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-05-16-yr-old-promo-pic.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21029\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21029\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-05-16-yr-old-promo-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-05-16-yr-old-promo-pic.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-05-16-yr-old-promo-pic-264x300.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">16-year old Kelly Lang promo pic<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>How has your own battle with breast cancer informed your approach to music?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I recognize that every day is truly a gift. I sing in gratitude for the additional time God has granted me, in hopes that I can bring inspiration to someone newly diagnosed with an illness\u2014by living my dream so boldly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You\u2019ve had songs covered by Ricky Skaggs, Lorrie Morgan, George Jones, The Oak Ridge Boys and many others. Tell us about one of your songs and how the idea came to you.<br \/>\n<\/strong>I am honored to have written an entire album with and for Lorrie Morgan called <em>I Walk Alone<\/em>. She also has recently cut three of my songs on her upcoming album. My favorite that we wrote together is called \u201cHey, How Does It Feel.\u201d We were just hanging out in the studio, asking each other how we were feeling, and the song\u00a0erupted.\u00a0It\u2019s super silly how that sometimes works.\u00a0Also, I wrote a song with my husband, T.G. Sheppard, and Bobby Tomberlin called \u201cThe Killer,\u201d which Jerry Lee Lewis recorded. What a thrill to meet him and hear him sing my song in the studio.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who originally inspired you to write songs?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My Dad was Conway Twitty\u2019s road manager. Growing up around Conway Twitty, I was lucky enough to be able to listen to songs he had just written before they became hits. This sparked my interest in writing from a young age, and I began writing at the age of six.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21030\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-06-with-TG.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21030\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21030\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-06-with-TG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-06-with-TG.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-06-with-TG-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-06-with-TG-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-21030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kelly Lang &amp; husband T.G. Sheppard<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>What songwriting tip would you like to offer?<br \/>\n<\/strong>My advice to other aspiring songwriters is to take the time to find a quiet space to allow ideas to come to you, and always make sure to record or write down the melody right away\u2014so you don\u2019t lose the idea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which Top 5 Musicians\u00a0inspired you to become a musician?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Conway Twitty, Crystal Gayle, Gladys Knight, Elvis Presley, Donna Summer and Olivia Newton-John.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your Top 5 favorite albums of all time?<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Captain Fantastic<\/em>\u2014Elton John (I won it in a drawing)<br \/>\nAny album by\u00a0Conway Twitty<br \/>\n<em>Imagination<\/em>\u2014Gladys Knight and the Pips<br \/>\nAnything Olivia Newton-John<br \/>\nAnything Elvis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-07-b-w-promo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21031\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-07-b-w-promo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-07-b-w-promo.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-07-b-w-promo-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the best advice someone has given you?<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cJust because you have an opinion doesn\u2019t mean you have to share it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best advice you\u2019d like to give your teenage self?<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cDon\u2019t stress out. It will all work out as God has designed to in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell us a \u201cpinch me\u201d moment when you thought, \u201cWow, this is really happening to me!\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong>One\u00a0surreal moment was recording with Olivia Newton-John at the Palms Casino recording studio. We recorded\u00a0\u201cHow Can You Mend a Broken Heart.\u201d Another pinch-me moment was when I sang \u201cIslands in the Stream\u201d with Sir Barry Gibb at the induction of Kenny Rogers into the Country Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where can new fans get more info and stay updated?<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Social Media?<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellylang.net\/\">www.KellyLang.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Facebook.com\/KellyLangMusic\">www.Facebook.com\/KellyLangMusic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\/KellyLangMusic\">www.Instagram.com\/KellyLangMusic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/KellyLangMusic\">www.Twitter.com\/KellyLangMusic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.TikTok.com\/KellyLangMusic\">www.TikTok.com\/KellyLangMusic<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.YouTube.com\/KellyLangMusic\">www.YouTube.com\/KellyLangMusic<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Feature Story by RODEO MARIE HANSON<br \/>\nInterview by Merlin David<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-08-Mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21032\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-08-Mic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-08-Mic.jpg 660w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/KellyLang-08-Mic-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KELLY LANG \u201cI Think It\u2019s Jesus\u201d VIDEO PREMIERE \u2013 with Web-Exclusive Interview Musician:\u00a0 KELLY LANG Video Premiere:\u00a0 \u201cI Think It\u2019s Jesus\u201d GOD WHISPERING IN HER EAR: KELLY LANG\u2019S SOULFUL, SPIRITUAL \u201cLIFE SENTENCE\u201d M Music &amp; Musicians magazine is proud to present the Video Premiere of Kelly Lang&#8217;s &#8220;I Think It&#8217;s Jesus.&#8221; Kelly Lang is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7725],"tags":[7898,13824,14028,14086,14087,14089,14088,6699,14090,14091,953,5407,14092,14093,6559,14094,14095,14096,8093,9455,14097,14098,14099,4967,1063,10603,6905,14100,14101,14102,10605,4340,6072,14103,14104,14105,14106,14107,14108,14109,14110,14113,14112,14114,14111,3670,14115,14116,14117,14118,14119,6171,14017,14120,1188,6563,7566,3010,14121,5967,8013,7978,14122,14123,5549,14124,14125,14126,7453,14127,2504,14128,13243,14129,14130,14131,14132,14133,13997,14134,14135,14136,7823,14137,14138,14139,14140,14141],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21015"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21015"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21046,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21015\/revisions\/21046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}