I have a particular style of writing and my voice sounds a particular way, which lends itself to a certain style.

Lead me to the cross Where Your love poured out Bring me to my knees Lord I lay me down Rid me of myself I belong to You Lead me, lead me to the cross.

You can analyze all you want but you can never explain away the God factor. Sometimes God just decides to breathe on something and it's completely His prerogative.

The music that I make isn't really like any of the music that I listen to. I think I listen to cool music, but I know that I don't make cool music - so it's kind of funny!

I've always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something good.

I think I was always an old soul, even as a teenager.

At sixteen I was like: "I need to get an album out now!" - even though I was only sixteen. I was always in a little bit of a rush to be an adult.

I'm not quite sure where the sponsorship rumour came from... probably because I have been a spokesperson for child sponsorship so people just assumed that was the connection.

I learnt that music cost something, and that's a good thing. Also, that I should exercise, because I didn't and I got very sick.

I know my sound, and I have to be true to who I am as an artist, even though I want be real cool, and make really cool music.

Now that I have seen I am responsible, faith without deeds is dead.

You should write about take no-shit women like me. Girls need to know they can break the rules" p.79

It's as if my footprints were already on the road before I even got there.I walk into them, my waiting footprints.

In the end it will not matter how we have told our story, but only how God sees it.

You have more potential in you than you can possibly use up in an entire lifetime or even in several lifetimes. Stop making up excuses and believing in limits.

As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

Communication can only take place among equals.

Capitalism is the fullest expression of anarchism and anarchism is the fullest expression of capitalism.

It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.

Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss.

Throwing blondes at Locke Lamora was not unlike throwing lettuce at sharks.