It's such a phenomenon for a hip-hop artist to fully embrace his Christian roots and his faith. And that becomes something that people almost need you to justify.

You got to do well at your craft ultimately, especially if you know that people are observing you and watching you and you don't want to get out there and produce subpar work. Because that's how people look at it. They don't just look at you as an athlete, they look at it as o you're an athlete and you're a Christian, what's happening now?

My prayer is that people will not being ashamed to know that confession is not the end of the world and it actually brings healing.

Don't waste your time explaining who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.

Everybody can relate to being an outsider, having to deal with that, and having to wrestle with how people view them.

I consider what I do soul music, it's music that is concerned with the soul.

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.