Campbell Andrews’s Reviews > Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?: Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock > Status Update

“For many believers, Christianity contains two essential elements: certain doctrines about who God is and how he acted in the world through Jesus; and a series of rules as to when, and with whom, a person may have sex.”

wow, Mr. Thornbury. I will quote you.

Larry knew Oingo Boingo?

"Leon Russell...had taken to preaching during his concerts... but didn't really have an interest in God. What interested him was 'the energy level and communication prowess he had observed in black gospel churches, where the preachers seemed to be able to control the response of their congregations with voice inflections and gesticulations.'"