Granger Smith Reveals When He Knew He Wanted To Retire From Music: ‘My Passion Was Slowly Decreasing’
etcanada.comGranger Smith was thinking about retiring from music for months before his recent announcement. The country singer took to Instagram earlier this month to confirm he’d be taking a step back from music to pursue ministry and serve his family’s church.
During a chat with ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante, Smith said of how long he’d been thinking about retiring, “I probably knew for sure around October 2022.
So I had a long time to think about it. And the longer the time went by, the more sure I was of it. And then probably around New Year’s… I knew it’s time to tell the band, time to tell the crew and start the ball rolling.” READ MORE: Country Singer Granger Smith Announces Retirement From Music To ‘Pursue Ministry’: ‘Hopeful About The New Chapter’ Bustamante mentioned whether he’d been thinking he’d have to do it now or maybe never do it, to which Smith replied, “Yeah, I think it’s an overwhelming feeling.
You know, as I was studying and reading the Bible and trying to be faithful to God as much as I could, and if I want to be faithful, if I want to surrender and be faithful, then it would be a contradiction if I said, ‘Well, I’m going to be faithful on my terms or on my time.’ “And so I kind of wrestled with that.
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