Amy Grant’s bicycle accident led to throat cyst discovery, forced her to relearn singing

Amy Grant is opening up about relearning to sing after a bike accident led to the discovery of a cyst in her throat.

The singer, in an interview with E! News this week, said the trauma from the 2022 accident caused an existing cyst in her throat to become a “hypergrowth” that required surgery.

In July 2022, Grant was hospitalized after a serious bike accident in which she hit a pothole and was knocked unconscious near her home in Nashville, Tennessee.

“I had this five-hour surgery and they took it out. So I actually had to learn to sing again,” Grant, 63, said.

She told the outlet that doctors offered a facelift during the surgery, which she declined. But when she woke up post-surgery, her “neck was a little tighter.”

“I just felt like an old, beat-up car that went in and got a paint job and had the dents knocked out,” the singer said of the surgery. “That’s a gift.”

The accident also caused ongoing issues, including her short-term memory and balance. “I can’t remember what I can’t remember,” she said. “Sometimes I walk around like I’m drunk and I just have to laugh about all of it.”