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"Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God."


"As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money."


"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."


"I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of music."


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


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


"Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school."


"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."


"There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people."


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