Deborah Joy Winans

I think that a sense of loyalty is something that a lot of people lack, just period, in life.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I think I'm constantly resorting to making sure to keep God's perspective in my mind.

— Deborah Joy Winans

In a family of faith, you don't believe in divorce; you believe you can make it.

— Deborah Joy Winans

Everyone is human, and everyone makes mistakes.

— Deborah Joy Winans

Being from a family in church and being a Christian myself, I pray daily.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I have 18 or 19 first cousins, and we're all very close.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I enjoy working. And, I really enjoy the fact that I get to do what I love and call it work.

— Deborah Joy Winans

We're a really close family, and that was what my grandparents promoted.

— Deborah Joy Winans

When you're in a church, and you're singing about the presence of the Lord, it is so hard not to get overjoyed…

— Deborah Joy Winans

I remember telling the Lord - I was about seventeen or eighteen - I'm like, 'Lord, I'm never gonna sing. You know…

— Deborah Joy Winans

I think my biggest thing is if you don't believe in you, then others are not going to believe in you.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I sang in the choir growing up and more recently served on the worship team at my church in California.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I love acting since I was little girl. I went to school for it; that's all I worked on. That's all I…

— Deborah Joy Winans

My parents would take us to double-feature movies on the weekends, and I would just point at the screen and tell them…

— Deborah Joy Winans

My first job out of CalArts was performing monologues at the Women of Faith conferences across the country.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I always loved acting, and that's what I wanted to do. It's funny that my first big role is a role where…

— Deborah Joy Winans

'Greenleaf' is nothing like 'Empire.' I think 'Empire' stands alone in what they are doing. It's a wonderful show. The only thing…

— Deborah Joy Winans

I didn't have drama in high school. So when I graduated high school and started at Wayne State in Detroit, I told…

— Deborah Joy Winans

I was at a point of asking God whether acting was what He really wanted me to do. Oprah Winfrey came to…

— Deborah Joy Winans

I love the Lord. I did grow up in a gospel family.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I got my B.F.A. at Wayne State. Moved to L.A. and got my M.F.A. from Cal Arts in acting and just worked…

— Deborah Joy Winans

To be able to be onstage and to hear people in the audience go, 'That's my song!' It's amazing.

— Deborah Joy Winans

That's the best worship you can get when the worship leader is there with no other intentions and ready to sing their…

— Deborah Joy Winans

Singing was never my thing.

— Deborah Joy Winans

Health and a positive body image are part of my personal values.

— Deborah Joy Winans

Greenleaf' is about family, but also about faith and failure and real human life.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I just entered the wonderful world of 40s, so anything anti-aging, I'm jumping on.

— Deborah Joy Winans

I actually never wanted to sing, and I thought that I was never going to sing, but I see that God had…

— Deborah Joy Winans

My Auntie CeCe - I can kind of joke and say all I need to do is pray. But that's literally what…

— Deborah Joy Winans

I was at a point where I couldn't find an agent or a manager, and I said, 'Okay, Lord. If this is…

— Deborah Joy Winans

I love my family's music because I love it. It's good. I listen to the Winans all the time. I listen to…

— Deborah Joy Winans

I often joke with my husband and say to him, 'You know I have two theatre degrees, right? That's all I know…

— Deborah Joy Winans