Many years ago, but not so long ago, there were those who said, 'Well, you have three strikes against you: You're black, you're blind and you're poor,' But God said to me, 'I will make you rich in the spirit of inspiration, to inspire others as well as create music to encourage the world to a place of oneness and hope, and positivity.' I believed Him and not them.

I've had some incredibly triumphal things happen in my life.

Troubled heart you'll know, problems have solutions, trust and I will show.

We can't live in a place of fear.

Among all the wonderful things we have, we don't seem to have a time to love. And to me that's the fuel, that's the fuel we need to make the engine go.

When I wrote the words and I have the music, I felt, wow, you know, this has got to be right. I got to sing it right.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.