In the nearly 50 years she's been working as a musician, Amy Grant has repeatedly resisted the labels others have sought to put on her. It's difficult to overstate the influence the crossover Christian-pop artist had on culture — evangelical and otherwise — in the late 1980s and early ’90s. Throughout the Grammy winner's career and personal life, many Christians have embraced and then rejected her at various points — be it her divorce, her move into secular music or her more recent decision to host her niece’s same-sex wedding. Her new album, “The Me That Remains,” out Friday, was in part a way of processing a serious bicycle accident in 2022, which resulted in a traumatic brain injury, and the long recovery that followed. In a wide-ranging conversation with The Associated Press, Grant, 65, reflected on how the accident changed her, her willingness to go dark in her music and why she keeps turning back to her faith. The interview has been edited for clarity and brevity.…