Elton John's opinion turned the label's opinion around, all in a day.
When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.
One preacher turned me on, another turned me off.
We forget that this music, music made by my brothers and sisters, is still a baby. It's just beginning. When I think of the possibilities, it makes me smile.
There's people making babies to my music. That's nice.
In my day, we didn't have the cocaine, so we went out and knocked somebody over the head and took the money. But today, all this cocaine and crack, it doesn't give kids a chance.