The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.

Anyone can love you when things are alright. It takes courage to love when things are not good and it does not feel right.

No matter how hard it seems...never give up, always believe.

Gospel is just the truth of the word of God. Anybody can sing it, anybody; anybody can perform it.

You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.

There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, 'I'm going to make it through all of this.

Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.

The more I grow, and the older I get, the more I am enjoying my life and know how precious it really is.

Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that's what you call a legend.

You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.

Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am. For an artist, it's a great place to be.

True freedom, which is full joy, is the complete recognition of law and adaptation to it. Bondage comes from ignorance of law or opposition to it.

I'd kiss you if I could, " I whispered. Jared's breath caressed my skin. "I have other shirts." I smiled and kissed him.

If I have learned one thing from experience, it is this: never underestimate how extraordinarily difficult it is to understand a situation from another person's point of view.

It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.

My parents always pushed creativity on us, but they made it seem like the fun thing to do.

Artists with a capital 'A' are at ease working in all areas of art, whether it is a contemporary abstract painting or work requiring methods and techniques of the Renaissance Masters.

[Maxine Waters] was kind enough to join us here at our studios in Washington, D.C., in advance of women's march in Washington in which she will be participating.

Everything in Haiti right now is a priority.

Love is ruthless; it doesn't feel sorry for anyone, but it does have compassion. Fear is full of pity; it feels sorry for everyone.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.