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" I'm free. So, every time you hear me, just know that I'm speaking as a liberated person. "

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" I would say before I dedicated my life to living for God, I was really your average thrill seeker. "

" I'll put it to you like this: You can only go as mainstream as people will let you go. "

" America has this fascination with glorifying the villain and not talking about the trials and tribulations. We tell the story of the successful villain a lot of times, but we don't tell the story of the people who don't come out so successful, and we don't tell the story of all the bystanders of that choice. "

" The biggest accolades aren't the Grammys for me. It's creating opportunities for people. "

" I'm all about authenticity. "

" I'm not afraid of people; I'm afraid of not doing what God created me to do. "

" A lot of times, we believe what the media says about us or what our awards or accolades say about us instead of what God says about us. "

" Old habits die hard, and if you're not careful, the person you used to be can overtake the person you're trying to become. "

" You don't realize you're vying for the approval of everyone so much until being yourself is not approved of. "

" Honestly, what Jesus was about was laying his life down for the marginalized who didn't have it all together. "

" When God's hand is on you, there's nothing anybody can do to stop that. "

" I try to produce music that is life-giving and inspires people to hope, but it isn't just for the super-religious. I want to address themes that people who aren't Christian can appreciate. "

" There's a line between being egotistical and being genius or great. "

" I think every artist reaches a place where they want to transcend genre. "

" I think complexity is beautiful. "

" Christians have no idea how to deal with art. "

" My music is not Christian - Lecrae is. And you hear evidence of my faith in my music. "

" Life is a precious gift - a gift we often take for granted until it is threatened. "

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" For a lot of people, groups, Christians included, issues are homogenized. And so to be a Christian, I'm either this staunch, conservative Republican, or I'm this tree-hugging liberal. You're stereotyped. It's almost assumed that people know what your issues are going to be. "

" I don't like putting on airs; that's not my thing. I'd rather just be myself, just connecting to people genuinely. "

" Lecrae is not just, you know, church, church, church. "

" Me and Kendrick Lamar have had conversations for years back and forth, so that's my dude. "

" I think of people like Ray Charles, Otis Redding, and Isaac Hayes. They all came out of the South, and they followed a certain tradition and energy. That's no knock to groups like The Temptations or The Supremes, not at all, but they were way more polished in how they did things. "

" What I bring is unique. No one else brings to the table what I am. "

" People have got to form some kind of unified fronts where you know who your allies are, you know who your friends are, and really begin to work together to create different kinds of infrastructures to protect one another and to help one another thrive. "

" I consider what I do soul music. It's music that is concerned with the soul. "

" Hang out with me long enough, and I'm bound to let you down. "

" Christianity is the truth about everything. If you say you have a Christian worldview, that means you see the world through that lens - not just how people get saved and what to stay away from. "

" Whether you think you're jacked up or not, we're all broken people, and until we can admit that, we're not going to progress. "