Amy Grant gives update on her health after undergoing open-heart surgery l GMA

i have been looking forward to this all morning long six-time grammy-winning singer songwriter overall warrior amy grant she she last spoke to us after obergum undergoing open heart surgery last summer and is joining us this morning for her very first performance since her recovery that's going to be coming up in just a little bit but i want to catch up amy it's wonderful to see you again i can't believe it's been six months since we last spoke it was i know it's right after uh your surgery so how you feeling these days i feel fantastic i just have this feeling like this is going to be the best year yet i love it i know and we just hey didn't we within days of each other we celebrated milestone birthdays at the end of last year my fellow sagittarian how was it it was um it was quieter yep and just like the whole year has been for especially for all of us traveling musicians but wonderful it's just so what i would i love this time in life i i'm with you i feel like we're kindred spirits and let me ask you do you notice something different in your voice now when you're singing [Music] it's lower but it's funny i trying to get in shape i think all musicians are struggling during this non-touring time to stay you know guitar players are not playing as much i mean everybody's just missing audiences but i've started singing while i'm riding my bike and it makes me feel like a kid again um just because to sit there and do vocal exercises is awful but to be biking and i'll just be singing singing and then all of a sudden i'll pass people and i'll be like weirdo no not at all no you know i started playing tennis again i think there's something when we which we when we reach this age that we go back joy you riding a bike i'm playing tennis again who knows yes it's like i still can yeah what again i know i know it's not just that i want to i can and there was a time that i couldn't you know very well that february is american heart month and that cardiovascular disease is the number one killer among all americans and one in three women one in three men women will have an issue with this such as your such as yourself so i know that you want to spread awareness especially for women so what is it that you want to share i guess all i can really share is from my own story and my birth defect was an encroaching killer and i had no idea and so my advice would be take care of yourself the world needs you even if you feel like everything is fine you don't really know what's going on on the inside and i think women tend to put their health on the back burner it's more like oh my children my grandchildren my work my spouse all of those things and we need the gift of each other so even if you go oh i got nothing on the radar just get somebody else to check it out yeah i'm glad that you you did that and i can has it been 30 years 30 years since the release of your album heart in motion and you're going to be singing for us in the next half hour every heartbeat i got to ask you does it have a different meaning the song now absolutely yes i feel like i've been given a second chance it it feels like this crazy kaleidoscope that started 30 years ago that's just brought into focus the gift of gratitude joy for the gift of each other joy for music yes i'm just watching the video and it's just taking us back and we are so grateful to you i remember when we were speaking last summer i said when you're ready to sing again please come back to gma and you're doing that today we cannot thank you enough amy you take care and we're going to hear from you all the time anytime anytime my friend and we cannot wait amy's performance is coming up in just a few minutes and for more information about heart health from the american heart association log on to our website at goodmorningamerica.com well hey there gma fans robin roberts here thanks for checking out our youtube channel lots of great stuff here so go on click the subscribe button right over right over here to get more of awesome videos and content from gma every day anytime we thank you for watching and we'll see you in the morning on gma

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Length: 4min 44sec (284 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 10 2021