Anthony Evans – Life, And Everything Else

CCM: How has living in Los Angeles changed you as an artist?
AE: This little LA detour that started with The Voice has created a whole new passion and a different side to me. It has expanded my thought patterns and made me believe I’m capable of more—not that there was anything wrong with being in Nashville—but it was a bit one-dimensional for me and the different dimensions that it has added to what I’ve learned here has been amazing.

CCM: What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned?
AE: The biggest things that have surprised me are the lessons I have learned in places that I didn’t think I would get them. That’s a broad-stroke answer, but that’s what it is. You don’t feel like your friends who are not Christians will be teaching you principles about honesty, vulnerability, and being transparent. These are people who do not “do church,” and they’ve been like, “Let me tell you something…” It’s so interesting when you can put those values in with what you’ve learned, into your faith—it’s translated into some crazy, amazing things. Finding faith in unexpected places is what has shocked me the most.

CCM: Even after you competed on The Voice you continued to work on the show. Tell us about that experience.
AE: I did three seasons as a talent producer, working underneath Michelle McNulty. She’s the boss. She’s a producer on the show as well as the casting director. It was so much fun to go in and work in that environment. I’ve never worked in mainstream environments and it was just great. It was another level of excellence. “You can’t mess up,”—I loved that challenge, and it has translated into what I’m doing now.

CCM: What’s your take on the current political climate in our country?
AE: One of my close friends is Richard Grenell and he used to be the spokesperson to the United Nations. Now he’s most likely going to be the U.S. Ambassador to NATO, so I get a lot of insight from him because I don’t live in politics, but obviously, that’s his life. It’s so interesting, but the bottom line is unity will always win over being divided. That’s just the bottom line. It’s just making [unity] work, and a lot of times that can be uncomfortable, depending on where you are situated. [For right now], we have make the best of where we are in our nation.

CCM: There have been a lot of people over the last few months marching for different causes to show the things that they believe in. What would you march for?
AE: I don’t know the answer to that yet, but as somebody of faith, I’m supposed to be trying to make a difference. I would march for anybody I feel like is voiceless. That’s another broad-stroke answer, but there are different groups of people who I feel do not have a voice [right now]. Anyone who feels they do not have a voice, I’m in. I’ll help you get heard.

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