I never really wanted to be a singer - not with any longevity. But I always wanted to be a writer.

I wasn't taking drugs or drinking. I was working and working and working. But I wasn't writing anything.

I don't think people should do biopics of living people. I'm totally opposed to that.

The idea of redemption is always good news, even if it means sacrifice or some difficult times.

I don't wanna be equal with anybody. I wanna be above equal. I don't think most people are equal to me. I'd like to communicate with everybody; I'd like to do something universal, I'd like to have the hit record of the world. But that's not the same as being equal.

When I perform, I always opt for communication with God, and in pursuit of communicating with God, you can enter some very dangerous territory. I also have come to realize that total communication with God is physical death.

Blessedness is within us all.