Amy Grant Reveals Bike Accident Nearly Took Her Life—‘It Was Good for Me’

Christian music icon Amy Grant revealed this week that her bike accident last summer nearly took her life.

In an exclusive interview on the ‘TODAY’ show, Grant made the remarkable statement that the accident, as well as other recent health challenges she has faced, has actually benefited her.

“It was good for me,” Grant said of her bike accident. “It forced a kind of simplification of my life I’ve never known.”

On July 27, Amy Grant was hospitalized following an accident that occurred while she was biking with a friend in Nashville, Tennessee. Grant, who was wearing a helmet, hit a pothole and fell unconscious for 10 minutes. She had suffered a traumatic brain injury, and doctors said her helmet saved her life

Grant recovered at home after a brief stay in the hospital and had to postpone concerts she had scheduled in August. She told ‘TODAY’ journalist Craig Melvin that she remembers nothing about the accident and was initially unable to remember family members’ names or even her own song lyrics—not even the lyrics to her hit single, “Baby, Baby,” or “Tennessee Christmas,” which Grant sings every year.