Christian music, gospel music, sometimes you'll fall asleep at church but music wakes you up, the song can speak to you in… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
If I'm writing and doing music celebrating the Creator, who is the most creative being in the world - I mean, when… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
Most gospel music is very vertical. And there's nothing wrong with that - there's nothing wrong with, you know, 'God, we praise… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
Gospel music is not a sound; gospel music is a message. Gospel music means good news. It's good-news music. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
It's very hard to grow up in the African American church and for music to not be in your veins. It's just… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
Some of our strongest critics, especially inside the church, said we had turned our backs on traditional gospel music and were just… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
I trust that if God gives me music for someone else, that's what He wants that person to have. I have to… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
That's why gospel will never be pop music - it's not something that'd be everyone's cup of tea. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
I don't work with an artist to try to blow up, but to see if the music can be medicine, if it… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
The core of what we do is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and my music is a reflection of the Gospel of… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
I am just always trying to pay attention to how to communicate things that may not always be the hot topic issues… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
My first triumph was turning Elton John's 'Benny and the Jets' into a gospel tune. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
The world is always waiting for someone to save the day, make things better. We've lost hope in politics, preachers. ... As a child… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
Every human being was wired with the desire for happiness. And we will try different things all in the pursuit of that feeling. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
What's funny is that in the '90s, growing up in the black church, everyone around you was older, so your swag became older. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
Christian music, gospel music, sometimes you'll fall asleep at church but music wakes you up, the song can speak to you in a way… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
If I'm writing and doing music celebrating the Creator, who is the most creative being in the world - I mean, when you look… — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
People come to my concerts from all walks of life. I tried to break barriers down. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
God may allow us at times to hit rock bottom, to show us He's the rock-at the bottom. — Kirk Franklin Copy Share Image
