NOVEMBER 2009 EDITION
Leah Smith
Leah Smith's Beautifully Made

Leah Smith
Musician
Age: 20
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What is the overall message you would like to convey through your music?
I want a life-giving message of truth to be presented to people.  I see deficit and degradation and want to respond! Having a lot of money, or having fame, possessions, the right friends, a great lover, a high level of achievement or success has never made one single person in all of history truly satisfied. No one has ever had continuous and prolonged joy and satisfaction in any of these things. It's not reality. Yet we turn on our radios, our TVs, and the Internet, and this nonsense is what is pumped forever into our hearts. Artists bragging about their stuff, artists flaunting their bodies, and more-than-subtly encouraging the audience to buy into parading their sexuality to experience true joy and freedom. It’s all lies and emptiness. Artists taking pride in what they assume to be their success but what is in God's eyes foolishness. This is what inspires me to do my music and to spread the message of truth to all people.
 
Who are some of the people who have influenced your artistry?
Tommy Sims, Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsey, and Shane and Shane to artists like Joni Mitchell, Amel Larrieux, Stevie Wonder, Lauryn Hill, Alicia Keys, Donnie, Brooke Fraser, Chris Rice, The Police, Lisa McClendon, Kirk Franklin, DC Talk, India Arie, Musiq Soulchild, and the list goes on.