People called rock & roll 'African music.' They called it 'voodoo music.' They said that it would drive the kids insane. They said that it was just a flash in the pan - the same thing that they always used to say about hip-hop.

Like, my mother would have company over, and I would sing so they'd pay attention to me.

I try to be a guide for people, to make their darkness bright and to make the pathway light, and never to condemn or control or criticize.

I thank God for Elvis Presley. I thank the Lord for sending Elvis to open the door so I could walk down the road.

I never accepted the idea that I had to be guided by some pattern or blueprint.

I don't think a woman has to act like a man to show that she has strength.

I just want the world to know that God is present, that he's alive for ever more.