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Acting and theatrics are my forte.

A great storm puts out a little fire but feeds a strong one. Trials conquer weak faith but grow a strong faith.

A lot of my wounds have healed. They have left scars, and I can either hide my scars, put a long sleeve shirt on, and cover them up. Or, I can show them off and say, "Yeah, it happened.

A lot of people just love music, especially a lot of aspiring artists. They just want to jump in and start making music. They don't really take time to grow and appreciate the craft.

A man who is too afraid to admit his fears is a man who won’t overcome them.

Anomaly is when you don't fit the expected norm. Like "wait what is this?! It doesn't belong here." Its what the system never planned for but now has to adapt to. Its Neo in The Matrix.

Anytime you're dealing with moral issues, in a government position, you're dealing with some sticky stuff because everybody's morality is different. So you may be a Christian and say "my morality is based on the Bible." But if it doesn't line up with the way they think it should line up, now you got a problem with them. And then you can say, "I'm more in line with the Bible," but you don't care about the Bible, so they are like 'why are you imposing these difficult rules on me? I don't even believe in that.' So you just have an interesting and sticky situation.

A proud person is so busy looking down on others they cannot humble themselves to look up at God.

Artists have the unique ability to tell stories. It's not charts and graphs that get people to change.

As a revolutionary, I don't just want to sit by and say, "Oh this feels good, let's just do it." I'm going to die for what I believe in and stand for it.

As I grew older I found that I really had a knack for rhyming and I pursued that. So by thirteen I got serious about using my writing and rhyming skills. I did it everywhere I could.

At the end of the day, my hat goes off to anybody trying to run for president, or trying to be president, because you're never going to please everybody, it's not possible.

Authenticity resonates with people. The industry can be very misleading and is built to make people believe what they see. But people aren't dumb they can see through that and I think real music and real people resonate.

Barack Obama didn't say "I only want to be the President of Black people," he said "I want to be the President of the United States and have something to say about the United States and my perspective and my lens is going to affect my judgment on everything" and that's the way a Christian should be. I'm going to invade culture and my lens and perspective is going to influence culture just as much as anyone else's.

Before you complain today, be grateful you have breath to complain with.

Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.

Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction.

But I'm here to serve people. I'm not here to wave my finger in people's faces and point out to them how terrible they are or what I hate about them or anything along those lines. That's not my place. I'm in no position to condemn anybody.

Character isn't who you are when life goes your way. Character is who you really are when the bottom falls out.

Christians aren't people who never sin or always do the right thing. We're people who live in continual repentance.

Dear Hip Hop, we can't scream 'murder, misogyny, lawlessness' in our music & then turn around and ask for equality & justice.

Don't put your confidence in big names When they die and return to the dirt they can't do anything for you.

Don't use time and words carelessly - neither can be retrieved.

Don't waste your time explaining who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.

Either you will determine truth by your feelings or truth will determine your feelings. Be careful following feelings alone.

Even in our best shape we are a brittle piece of mortality. Your life is a breath, don't waste it.

Everybody can relate to being an outsider, having to deal with that, and having to wrestle with how people view them.

Folks working late, I had a babysitter. I ain't about to sit here and name her. I was almost 8 when she came in late, woke me up with a game to play. Did a few things that it's hard to say. Told me to keep that secret safe. I'm trying to act like it ain't real. Had my innocence just stripped from me, and I still don't know how to feel.

Forgiving the people that hurt us most allows us to heal from the wounds they left.

For me, Christianity is not a genre. It's faith. The Gospel is not a genre either. It's faith. I definitely understand the semantics of naming things to give them some kind of distinction but I think my faith is pretty distinct. If you want to call it hip hop, essentially it is. That's the art form.

For me, I want to change the way people see the world. That's why I do what I do...with every email, text message, and every phone call that I get with people saying "Man what you've done God has used it to change me" that's when I see success.

For me, my faith dictates everything I do, so no matter what I'm saying in my art, my faith is the driver for that. That's what I'd encourage people to understand as they listen to my music. It's distinct. My worldview bleeds through my music.

Freedom in Christ allows you to control the desires that once controlled you.

God gave you your own race to run, stop comparing yourself to other people. They have their race and you have yours. Run hard and don't quit.

God is never late, we're just impatient.

God just has his own agenda, and he does what he wants to do with stuff.

God says, "there's nothing you can do to be accepted, trust me and and let me change you." And at the end of the day, acceptance isn't about what I do, or what I don't do. Acceptance is about me trusting God to take me exactly as I am and take me to something different. And I think that's what we should have for people.

God sometimes takes us into troubles waters not to drown us, but to cleanse us.

Good people don’t go to Heaven, forgiven people do.

Hip-hop in a lot of ways is like sports; when you go to a sports game, you see people from all ages, all ethnicities, all social classes, they're all there enjoying the game. Hip-hop has been one of the only forms of music that has provided that kind of atmosphere.

Hip hop - it's an art form but it's a culture as well. You grow up in the culture and you never leave it. It's a style of dress; it's a way of thought. I always grew up in the culture, and it was part of who I was and I carried it into every world I was in.

Hip hop, this is church. Church, this is hip-hop. Y'all need to meet. I know you have some misconceptions about them, I know you have some misconceptions about them. Let's work through this because there's a lot of false perspective.

I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study.

I consider what I do soul music, it's music that is concerned with the soul.

I don't do black music. I don't do white music. I do fight music, unified in Christ music.

I don't need DRUGS, I got the Most HIGH.

I don't think the music industry has done any damage to my faith - it's probably strengthened it because it's made me see how necessary and relevant it is. I think if you don't keep your guard up, obviously there's a lot of potential for being half-hearted throughout the whole process because you can compare yourself to other people instead of the ultimate standard.

If God has called you to something, He will equip you to be what He has called you to be. If He has called you to be a responsible, faithful, diligent leader, as a man, He will equip you to do that.

If ignorance is bliss, it's cuz she's never heard of this...