Josiah Queen Tells Apple Music About His Debut Album, ‘The Prodigal,’ & Creating Music With A Purpose
Christian artist and newcomer Josiah Queen joins The Kelleigh Bannen Show to talk about his debut album, ‘The Prodigal,’ and creating music with a purpose.
Josiah Queen Tells Apple Music About What Inspired Him to Write “The Prodigal”
It’s funny because it’s the song that I wrote about not wanting fame or money, [and it] has brought more of that. And I think that’s… my heart message. And I think I’ll always write about that. I think we’ve all tried in our life [and], at one point have thought, and maybe it was people or money or something, we thought that thing would bring [us] satisfaction, but then there’s always just this uncomfortable feeling of like, “Well, it just never did.”… In my life, I’ve always felt that way about certain things and about money and fame and growing up, I just noticed it never actually fully satisfied me.
Josiah Queen Tells Apple Music About Living His Life with Purpose
I want my every day to be lived with purpose. And I can only do that by serving God and serving other people. And if I spend my day serving myself and buying myself all this stuff and trying to make work and trying to make myself as famous as I can be, I just see it as just wasting another day. I just don’t want to waste my life.
Josiah Queen Recalls to Apple Music Releasing His Debut Album
Having a first album is a dream come true, and I was super proud of it. I knew every song I put on there I truly loved, just in a way that I really meant it and I really worked at it hard… Just being able to look back and go to these shows and just seeing all these people that it’s affected in their lives and people loving these songs, it’s like I’ve realized that that hard work is never to cheapen that and only strive for songs that really mean something because those are the songs that really will last.
Josiah Queen Tells Apple Music He Wants to Leave a Legacy with His Music
I want to make songs that last longer than I do, like when I die that people will be able to pass these songs on. That’s every songwriter’s dream. And you can only do that by taking that time. It takes me months to write songs sometimes, so it’s like, especially what you’re saying, people are like, “Well, you just ran an album. Now, next year you got to make another one.” You’re like, “Well, I just never want to rush to process.”
Key Quotes Credit: Kelleigh Bannen / Apple Music Country
