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It always helps me connect with characters, to think about what music they respond to.

People have told me that other artists have been influenced by my music, and it's flattering. It's a wonderful thing.

People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.

I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.

Music makes your soul feel amazing while you're performing it.

I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in.

Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.

Music is a talent given to me by God. A medium and a platform and a way to spread a message of righteousness... a message of love, a message of unity.

It is not a mystical thing, however, it is obvious and practical and I think that what the performer does is to try to get to that point with every choice you make from the phrasing in a tune to the choice of tunes.

Whether lyrically or musically, it reaches in there and grabs your soul. That's the stuff I gravitate toward.