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.

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.

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.

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

To submit one’s self to one’s gift is to submit oneself to education and self-development and to devote enough time to improve one’s gift

thoughts are cheap and they don't hurt anybody

I've never set out consciously to write American music. I don't know what that would be unless the obvious Appalachian folk references.

We have a movement going on, folks. I will never let you down.

I’m pretty masochistic. I kill myself for my craft – Literally

I have the strength to remain calm in the face of change.

A friend is someone who stays by your side all through the troubles he's caused you.

I love when violent, dangerous art is done by people who are not violent and dangerous. I love that when George Romero was making 'Dawn of the Dead,' he was coaching his son's little league team.

Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.