Yolanda Adams

I didn't grow up in one of those restrictive Christian households where you couldn't do this or that. We were brought up…

— Yolanda Adams

All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.

— Yolanda Adams

It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their…

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I cook everything from Italian to Cajun food. I have now mastered the roux for gumbo. I love cooking.

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I am one of those people that believes that if I am going through something, somebody else out there among those billions…

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When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are…

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I do a medley of hymns in all of my sets, whether I'm in an arena, in a theater, in an amusement…

— Yolanda Adams

Education helps you to be a well-rounded person, period. It teaches you how to take in information and data, process it, and…

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

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As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to…

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No matter how hard it seems...never give up, always believe.

— Yolanda Adams

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

— Yolanda Adams

The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.

— Yolanda Adams

I started out in a professional choir at 13 years old. We traveled to different places, and I had a close relationship…

— Yolanda Adams

You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make…

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Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am.…

— Yolanda Adams

My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks in gospel music. With gospel music,…

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There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn't come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It…

— Yolanda Adams

I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music…

— Yolanda Adams

I think more people in the mainstream, folks like Nancy Wilson and Luther Vandross, they have openly expressed their love for God,…

— Yolanda Adams

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

— Yolanda Adams

The more I grow, and the older I get, the more I am enjoying my life and know how precious it really…

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I truly do have the most amazing child on the face of the earth. I know all parents say that about their…

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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more.…

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Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something…

— Yolanda Adams