My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

I don't go down the road of condemning.

Some things you can only learn in the struggle. When it's easy, when everything is going your way, that doesn't take any faith.

I struggled for a long time with survivin', and no matter what, you keep finding something to fight for.

You've got to send your words out in the direction you want your life to go.

When you go through enough dark places, you don't complain about little things. You don't lose your joy because you got stuck in traffic; you don't get offended because a coworker was rude to you. You've been through too much to let that sour you.