Lindsey Stirling Answers Your Questions

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Missed the live event? Catch up on it here.

Youth from across the globe submitted more than a thousand questions

in a live Face to Face event with Lindsey Stirling. Lindsey answered

questions about finding self-worth, discovering faith, sharing your beliefs,

overcoming challenges, and developing talents. To hear more of what

Lindsey had to say, you can watch the full video of the event by visiting theYouth Activities

website.

What questions and answers meant the most to you? What did you learn? How and where

did you watch the event? Who would you like to see on the next Face to Face event?Share

your experienceby commenting at the bottom of this page.

Question:Your music is amazing while still being very clean and uplifting. Where did the

inspiration come for that? Justin L., New Mexico, USA

Answer:I draw

inspiration from a

lot of my life, and

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honestly a lot of

my religious

beliefs have

stemmed into my music, Lindsey said. Every time before I go into the studio I say a

prayer and I really ask God for inspiration.

When I started this last album that I released this summer I was absolutely terrified. I

remember feeling almost suffocated by how afraid I was that I might fail. And you know, Iremember just praying before I went into the studio.

When I wrote the first song for the album that ended up being the first track on the album,

I called it Beyond the Veil. When I wrote that song and I heard it back for the first time, I

had this overwhelming feeling. It was almost like I heard an inaudible voice say to me, I

didnt lead you this far to let you fall. And there in the studio I almost started crying

because I just realized that God has directed me, Hes given me inspiration in the past, and

Hes never just going to leave us alone once He gets us to a certain point.

Question:What things have you done to reconcile your artistic work with service in the

Church (including your callings) and your goals to get married and have a family? Paulo

P., Brazil

Answer:Balance. That is a tough one. If I knew the perfect answer then I think life would

be perfect. But I think the best way to balance my career with my Church calling is basicallyjust trying to live the gospel in whatever I do and whatever Im doing, she said.

Its really hard for me to hold a calling thats consistent because I live oftentimes out of a

suitcase and Im usually in a different country every week. So its by publicly sharing who I

am and not being preachy about itnot saying everything and hashtagging it with

Mormon, but just trying to live in a way that shows who I am whether Im going to church

in France or whether Im gong to church in my home ward in L.A.

Question:You

always seem to

have a clear idea

of what you want

from your work,

and watching you bring your vision to life is incredible. Does your relationship with God

have any effect on the strength of your vision for your art and your work ethic? If so, how?

Jessie M., Canada

Answer:I really feel like sometimes Ill write these songs and Ill just think, You know

alone once He gets us to a certain point.

I believe that God inspires us. I believe that He gives us gifts

and talents and of course its up to us to develop them.


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that couldnt have come from me alone. I believe that God inspires us. I believe that He

gives us gifts and talents and its up to us to develop them and choose what we do with

them, Lindsey said.

But you know Hes given us talents and gifts to share them, and thats part of the reason I

love doing what I do. I feel like when Im on stage and when Im performingor I think

when anybody is developing their talents and sharing itI think you glow. I really do.

Youre representing the best side of yourself and the gifts that God has given you, and

when I am in that moment I can almost feel the glow and I can see it in other people when

theyre performing and doing what they love and doing it in a way that you know God

would approve of it and He would be happy like it was His daughter or son. You can

literally see the glow in other people or feel it in yourself, and thats I think the best way to

share who you are and what you believe in.

Question:Which one of your songs means the most to you? Cameron E.

Answer:Theyre all like my little babies. Theyre like my children. I saw them born in the

studio. But I would say one of the most meaningful ones is probably Shatter Me. Its one of

the first times I wrote lyrics, and you know I wrote it based on one of the hardest things Ive

ever been through, and it means a lot when you get to share a piece of who you are through

your music.

Lindsey performed her songs Crystallize and Shatter Me at the event. She also

performed I Know That My Redeemer Lives with special musical guests Lexi Walker

(vocals) and Kendra Lowe (accompaniment and arrangement). To listen to these songs and

to hear Lindsey answer more questions, watch the full video on the Youth Activities

website.

Share your experiencewith this event by commenting below.

TOPICS: Friends, Face2Face, Face to Face, Self-Worth, Confidence, Example, Missionary, Technology,Talents

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Shared experiences Share your experience

ARTICLE

The Piano Guys Spoke to You!

eresa Z.says:

really love this event! I couldn't wait for it to happen because I am a HUDGE Lindsey fan...I then found out I wouldn't be

ble to watch it and I was devastated. I am so happy it was posted as an article and as a video. I love music but I have been

aving a hard time sticking with my Piano and...MORE

5 January 2015 United States

enna W.says:

his is really cool! And Lindsey's music is so pretty.

1 January 2015 United States

atherine Elizabeth W.says:

hank you so much Lindsey Sterling for doing this Face to Face event and being such a wonderful example to all of us youth!

ou truly glow! Thank you for all you do to keep the Lord's Standards. You did great!

December 2014 United States

elsey Marie R.says:

loved this face2face event! It was awesome! Lindsey had some really inspirational answers. I really liked when she talked

bout how you "glow" when you do what you love, because I know I feel that when I play my flute or the piano.

December 2014 United States

akoda Dean B.says:

ow can you stop bad words around you?

0 November 2014 United States
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