Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people.

If they aren't going to advance God's kingdom, I don't care to help them advance their kingdom.

The churches weren't going to accept me looking like a street person with long hair and faded jeans. They did not like the music I was recording. And I had no desire to preach the gospel to the converted.

Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people.

Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were really there and not a spirit just floating around.

I never sent promotional copies to Christian radio stations in my life. It's not what I'm interested in.

Don't ask me for answers, I've only got one. That a man leaves the darkness, when he follows the Son.