Jason Crabb Interview

>> HI, I'M JASON CRABB AND YOU'RE WATCHING "JONI". ♪♪ BUT IT WOULD JUST BE SOME COMPROMISE ♪♪ >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF DOING. I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A SOLO ALBUM SOMETIME. IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS, IF WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO BE DOING THIS, I WOULD HAVE SAID YES AND THIS IS WHAT I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE DOING IS SINGING WITH MY FAMILY. BUT THINGS JUST SEEMED TO CHANGE IN SIX MONTHS. SEASONS COME AND GO AND THAT, FOR SURE, DID. NOBODY GOT IN A FIGHT OR NOBODY GOT MAD AT EACH OTHER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE ALL ARE STILL BEST FRIENDS, YOU KNOW. BUT YOU KNOW I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT A NEW VENTURE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE. THEN FINALLY AFTER TALKING TO NUMEROUS RECORD LABELS, WE GOT WITH SPRINGHILL AND KIND OF MAPPED OUT A ROADMAP OR TRIED TO ANYWAYS WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE PUTTING A RECORD TOGETHER. AND, BOY, WAS IT FUN. WE HAD A GREAT TIME DOING IT. ♪♪ THE CONGREGATION PARTED LIKE THE RED SEA ♪♪ ♪♪ WHEN THAT OLD DRUNK STUMBLED IN DOWN THE AISLE ♪♪ ♪♪ AND TOOK A SEAT ♪♪ ♪♪ RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AMAZIG GRACE ♪♪ >> SOME OF THE SONGS, THAT WAS THE THING WE WERE REALLY GOING AFTER WERE THE SONGS ON THE RECORD, TRYING TO GET A MESSAGE TO PRESENT TO PEOPLE, MAYBE THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND ALSO SPEAK TO WHERE THEY WERE AT RIGHT THERE AT THAT MOMENT. AND THAT WAS OUR GOAL. SO, YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. ♪♪ YOU'D THINK SOMEBODY ♪♪ ♪♪ WOULD PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH ♪♪ ♪♪ AND WELL ♪♪ ♪♪ I WONDERED WHO THAT SOMEBODY COULD BE ♪♪ ♪♪ PROBABLY SOMEBODY LIKE ME ♪♪ >> I LIKE TO SHARE MY LIFE, SHARE SONGS ON THE ROAD AND THEN BALANCE THAT WITH BEING, YOU KNOW, A FATHER AND A HUSBAND AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, A BROTHER TO A FAMILY THAT IS ON THE ROAD. YOU KNOW, JUGGLING ALL OF THAT, SOMETIMES YOU CAN REALLY FALL. I THINK THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY. IT'S NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A BED OF ROSES, FOR SURE NOT. MY DAD WROTE A SONG ABOUT IT. HE WROTE A SONG ON THE NEW RECORD CALLED "SOMETIMES I CRY". IT SAYS, I LOOK THE PART, FIT IN WITH THE REST OF THE CHURCH CROWD. YOU KNOW, THEN IT SAYS, BUT I STUMBLE OVER MY OWN DISGUISE, SOMETIMES I HURT, SOMETIMES I CRY, SOMETIMES I JUST CAN'T GET IT RIGHT NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRY. IF THAT DON'T SUM IT UP. I SAID, THAT'S MY SONG. I'M PUTTING THAT ON THERE FOR SURE. ♪♪ I REALLY HATE TO BOTHER YOU ♪ ♪♪ BUT, LORD, I GOT A WHOLE LOT ON MY MIND ♪♪ >> I'VE BEEN READING THIS PASSAGE HERE LATELY AND IT SAYS, I KNEW YOU BEFORE YOU WERE FORMED IN YOUR MOTHER'S WOMB. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING WITH IS THEIR IMPORTANCE AND THEIR PLACE IN LIFE AND WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CAN'T. GOD HAS A GREAT PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE. AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW. IT MEANS WHAT HE HAS IN STORE FOR YOU. AND WE CAN'T GET THERE EXCEPT FROM ONE DAY, ONE STEP AT A TIME AND TRUST HIM. MAN, HE DELIGHTS IN GIVING GOOD GIFTS TO HIS KIDS. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. AND IF I CAN BE AN EXAMPLE TO THAT OR IF THERE IS AN EXAMPLE TO THAT, I HAVE TO SAY THAT'S ME. BECAUSE I'M THE LEAST DESERVING. YOU WOULD HAVE SAID, THERE IS NO WAY THAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EDUCATION THAT I HAVE. BUT, MAN, WITH GOD, YOU CAN DO ALL THINGS. AND HE'LL PUT YOU PLACES TO WHERE YOU WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND YOU GO, REALLY? DID THAT HAPPEN? I HOPE SOMEBODY TOOK A PHOTOGRAPH. BECAUSE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. AND THAT'S HOW GOOD GOD IS. HE WANTS TO SEE YOU SUCCEED. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF CHRISTIANITY, I BELIEVE, IN THE WORLD AS BEING SOMETHING PRETTY LAME OR SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, WHAT DO YOU THINK BEING A CHRISTIAN IS ALL ABOUT? WELL, YOU CAN'T DO THIS AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT. YOU CAN'T DO THIS AND YOU CAN'T DO THAT. IT'S NOT THAT AT ALL. GOD KNOWS THAT IF YOU'LL FOLLOW THESE THINGS, IT'S IN YOUR BEST INTEREST AND YOUR BEST HEALTH. HE CARES ABOUT YOUR WELL-BEING AND HE KNOWS THAT YOU CAN GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B A WHOLE LOT FASTER THIS WAY. I JUST BELIEVE THAT. THAT'S WHO GOD IS. HE'S A GOD OF LOVE, A GOD OF MERCY AND GRACE. HEY, IF I CAN DO ANYTHING THROUGH THE LORD, ANYBODY CAN. ♪♪ YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY GUIDE ♪♪ ♪♪ BUT THE STORMS OF LIFE ♪♪ ♪♪ SOMETIMES DON'T LET THE SUNSHINE THROUGH ♪♪ ♪♪ THAT'S WHY I NEED TO FEEL ♪♪ ♪♪ THAT SPECIAL LOVE ♪♪ ♪♪ THAT ONLY COMES FROM YOU ♪♪ ♪♪ THAT'S WHY I NEED TO FEEL ♪♪ ♪♪ THE KIND OF LOVE ♪♪ ♪♪ THAT ONLY COMES FROM YOU ♪♪