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.

People still look at Michael Jackson as being a Motown artist.

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.

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.

No persons professing to be Christians should enter the marriage relation until the matter has been carefully and prayerfully considered from an elevated standpoint, to see if God can be glorified by the union.

God doesn't want us to have rigid rituals with Him. In the new covenant, He is more interested in having a relationship with us.

Abraham is such a fascinating figure. Three world religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - all claim him as a patriarch. He was raised in a religious home. And yet he rejected religion in order to pursue a personal relationship with God.

I've been able to stay good because of my family and keeping God first. If you don't have God in your life, how are you going to navigate through this world?