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Steve Turner

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Steve Turner is an English music journalist, biographer and poet, who grew up in Northamptonshire, England. His first published article was in the Beatles Monthly in 1969. His career as a journalist began as features editor of Beat Instrumental where he interviewed many of the prominent rock musicians of the 1970s. He subsequently freelanced for music papers including NME, Melody Maker and Rolling Stone.

During the 1980s he wrote extensively for British newspapers and magazines on a range of subjects as well as producing his study of the relationship between rock music and religion, Hungry For Heaven, and co-authoring U2: Rattle & Hum, the book of the film. In the 1990s he began devoting himself to full-length books, the first being a b...more

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Books by Steve Turner

Average rating: 3.94 · 1,288 ratings · 174 reviews · 41 distinct works

	A Hard Day's Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles Song 4.12 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend 3.84 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Jack Kerouac: 8angel-Headed Hipster 3.98 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts 4.03 avg rating — 94 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Band That Played on: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic 3.43 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Gospel According to the Beatles 3.86 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye 3.70 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song by Steve Turner, Judy Collins 3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Beatles 1962-66: The Stories Behind the Songs 1962-1966 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Up To Date 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings	My rating:

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“A corollary of this has been that Christians have thought that they should only create art with a Pollyanna quality to it: paintings of birds and kittens, movies that extol family life and end happily, songs that are positive and uplifting – in short, works of art that show a world that is almost unfallen where no one experiences conflict and where sin is naughty rather than wicked.”
― Steve Turner, Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts

tags: art , culture , faith

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“The arts can sharpen the vision, quicken the intellect, preserve the memory, activate the conscience, enhance the understanding and refresh the language.”
― Steve Turner, Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts

tags: art , culture

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“If chance be the Father of all flesh,
Disaster is his rainbow in the sky,
And when you hear
State of Emergency!
Sniper Kills Ten!
Troops on Rampage!
Whites go Looting!
Bomb Blasts School!
It is but the sound of man worshiping his maker.”
― Steve Turner, Poems: Steve Turner

tags: humor , inspirational , philosophy , religion

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