Songwriting is my gift from God.

There are very few courses around Detroit I haven't played.

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

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

When someone picks up one of my songs and records it, I'm a flattered man, it's a blessing to me.

When you write a song, a song has longevity.

You know what, life is full of temptations.

I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God.

You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.

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.

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.

Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.

In fact, I wouldn't really call this a Gospel album, I call it more an inspirational album.

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.

We're all going to be victims of temptation at several points in our lives.

The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.

And I can say this, most of the people who have recorded my songs are songwriters themselves.

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.

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

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