It's a tremendous honor to be asked to carry a show.

The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists.

Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message.

I've always given people the benefit of the doubt until they prove me otherwise.

I was looking to show people I could act. I was looking for something that would take me away from the whole hunk riding off into the sunset thing that people wanted me to play after Brown Sugar.

My love for you is past the mind, beyond my heart, and into my soul.

Everybody goes through obstacles and problems and issues and turn their backs on people that we are fond of and love just because we hurt; and everybody goes through that.

I like to laugh, I like to smile, and I don't take myself too seriously. I can be a goofball.

As part of my relationship with my wife and my daughter, and we share everything and talk about everything.

We are willing to weather the storm of multiple failures to achieve a goal. We're so convinced in the destination that we are able to let go of the reins and give it to God.

I'm in the booth and first of all, I'm from Germany and I had never heard a gospel in my life.

Until you have experienced the true love of God, you will continue to accept his or her version of love and call it faith. #ChooseToWin

Tweet and post softly of your brand. But carry a big stick.

Yeh don’ have ter be ashamed of what yeh are.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Gave her love away, put it in my pocket when it should of been framed!

How could I not have seen this coming, when I looked into your eyes and vowed to be with you forever?

To possess taste, one must have some soul.

My audience is going to die before I do.

Knowing how far short I fall of the glory of God - whether it's motives or actions - walking it out is about setting Christ always before me. I'm grateful for the grace of God and His mercies.

People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time.