Marvin Sapp Quotes
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I want people to understand that tragedy and trial does not necessarily mean that you are a victim.
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Some things you just don't get over.
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Sometimes I still wonder what my fans look like, but if I had to describe them, I'd say that they are everyday people with everyday needs who need a supernatural message to help them though their natural walk.
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I tell people all the time, 'As long as my kids are doing good, I'm gonna be alright.'
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Whether looking at pop music, hip-hop or R&B, it's rare to find an artist who hasn't been touched or affected by the power and soul of gospel music. In fact, many of today's popular artists such as Whitney Houston, John Legend, and Katy Perry started their careers in the church choir.
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I'm just a hometown boy from Grand Rapids, Michigan - where I still live - who is trying do what he feels that he's been called to do.
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My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss.
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The best way to honor someone who has passed is to live.
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Entertainment and information work well together.
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My church has a health and fitness ministry to encourage our members to take care of spiritually and physically; how could I not?
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Throughout my career, my family and I have fallen victim to inappropriate attempts to contact me by several unknown individuals.
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When my wife got sick, I didn't understand why God was doing what he was doing.
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I think people are transient. Back in the early church, there was a 'stick and stay' mentality. In this day and time, people have a fast food mentality of ministry. If it doesn't fit them or if it doesn't fit in their schedule, they'll move on to something else. That's a norm in today's time.
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Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.
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One thing I don't personally like is not having that privacy I used to have. Being able to do whatever I wanted to do without people recognizing me. That makes me watch what I'm doing more carefully. I'm not going to be acting no fool.
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I chose to sing in the church, and have never regretted it.
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We live in a world full of people who are ready to be uplifted.
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We as preachers/teachers/pastors have to figure out things to do in order to garner the attention of individuals and also keep them at our churches by making sure that we reinvent ourselves on a consistent basis.
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Our job in gospel is not going away. It's a sustainable genre. It sells - without question.
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Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.
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Gospel music allows us to become closer to God and closer to each other.
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I have been singing gospel music since I was four years old.
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Now we have so many different genres of music, it's amazing to me. Even in the gospel music arena, you've got hip-hop, you got contemporary, urban contemporary, you got traditional, you got neo-soul gospel, you've got all of these different things.
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Success is difficult to define.