Beyonce, herself, in either some paper or visual media that she didn't really grow up singing in the church.

I also feel that even with all Be-Be's vocal training, wherever it came from, when I hear her songs, I don't get much feeling from it--like she truly meant what she said. I may shake my butt a little or even sing to the songs-but I don't really get anything else from it. It's so on-the-surface to me, y'know.

I can hear more feeling come from Joss Stone when she's singing a song, even if she didn't mean those lyrics she sang, than I can from Beyonce.