Quotes from Yolanda Adams

I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.

Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.

People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.

When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.

When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.

Of course, my faith has a lot to do with being able to be public without being a public nuisance.

The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.

God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.

I'm very involved with kids because after being a teacher for seven years, I just can't stop loving the kids. I am a teacher forever.