"Originally I was not writing songs for myself."

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"I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God."

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"And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves."

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"I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God."

"And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves."

"So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God."

"In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album."

"I always try to write a song, I never just want to write a record."

"We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves."

"The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures."

"My mother was a churchgoing lady, so I always heard about God at home."

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"You know what, life is full of temptations."

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"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

"You can cage the singer but not the song."

"For the eye has this strange property: it rests only on beauty."

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."