"As Thornbury paints it, it is not insignificant that Norman came to faith, music, and poetry, all three, at an early age, and had real interests in theater and psychology, too. The blessing of an integrated teenage life of thought, art, and religious devotion, coupled with an embrace of the burgeoning Civil Rights movement in the U.S., likely accounted for Norman's ability to creatively synthesize Christianity, performance, and activism. Thornbury crystallizes the essence of Norman's calling by noting that 'Elvis, the Beatles, and everybody else were getting rich off their own secular version of [black] "gospel" [style]. It would become Larry Norman's obsession to steal that music back' for Jesus."
Mark Hijleh at The University Bookman reviews Gregory Alan Tornbury's Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music? Larry Norman and the Perils of Christian Rock.
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