Training in God's gym may hurt sometimes, but He will make us stronger.

I might not win a Grammy or get another Stellar Award but I'll get my rewards from the Lord. There's nothing better than that.

The good life begins with Christ and ends with me. I need to stop following me and stop trying to make life all about me.

The question is not whether or not you will face trials. The question is, how will you respond when you do?

I just don't think it honors God to create mediocre art.

As an artist, I always just want to grow as a songwriter. I listen to a lot of music. I listen to music all the time, whether it's hip-hop or soul or rock or whatever. I'm always listening to music and trying to learn from other songwriters and how they tap into certain emotions and communicate more clearly.

It does feel like sometimes that I'm the outcast. Hip-hop doesn't want to mess with me because I'm Christian and Christian music doesn't want to mess with me because I'm hip-hop.