We're very physical creatures, and we worry about how we look sometimes more than our spiritual selves.

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I had been stockpiling Gospel songs for other artists, and had planned to submit them to Gospel artists.

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As human beings, we're very materialistic and have all this stuff - furs and cars and diamonds and money.

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There's so many wonderful gospel people out there, and I don't necessarily want to compete with those people.

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As a kid, this is what I wanted my life to be. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever dare to dream that it would be this.

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That's because we did not set out to make black music. We set out to make quality music that everyone could enjoy and listen to.

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Drugs are in every walk of life - doctors, lawyers, preachers, the guy who works for IBM, teenagers on the street, teenagers in school.

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Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.

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I don't ever balk at being considered a Motown person, because Motown is the greatest musical event that ever happened in the history of music.

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So I wanted to sing inspirational music, and that's exactly how I approached it - only the words have been changed to declare my relationship with God.

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