The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.

When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.

Gospel songs are the songs of hope. When you sing gospel you have the feeling there is a cure for what's wrong, but when you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

I sing God's music because it makes me feel free. It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

I don't want to say Monsanto is evil right off the bat, but why is Monsanto so evil?

Kiss me, and you will see how important I am.

Maintain a good balance. A personal life adds dimensions to your professional life and vice versa. It helps nurture creativity through a deeper understanding of yourself.

Being honest about where you come from and what your story is is the only way to connect to other people, to really connect with them.

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

I don't think there's ever a right time to have kids. I'm actually pretty glad it's happened quite young.

Part of being a writer is feeling that constant dissatisfaction, thinking about what else you could do, and also knowing when it's time to leave a project.

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.

You're not a real manager unless you've been sacked.

The biggest engineering companies, like Schlumberger, Halliburton and others, have technology they spent billions of dollars developing.