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I think a lot of people are making music that shares their life experiences, and that's what I choose to do, too, but in my life experience, I also choose to try to find the hope in the music, and I think a lot of it has to do with my Christian faith.
Andy Mineo
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The Bible is referred to in scripture as the sword of the spirit.
Andy Mineo
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Hopefully, at the end of all this, my music is going to be used as a tool to help people have meaningful conversations and meaningful relationships with themselves and with other people and with God.
Andy Mineo
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I'd love to get in a room with Kanye at some point, have a conversation, and see if something cooks up.
Andy Mineo
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Nobody - regardless of how they feel or behave - deserves to be on the other end of receiving hatred and discrimination.
Andy Mineo
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I think in today's society we are dealing with an epidemic of fatherless homes. We're turning everywhere else for people to be fathered.
Andy Mineo
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People think hip-hop is evil, but it's sometimes the people making hip-hop that are evil. The genre isn't wicked, but the people in it are.
Andy Mineo
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I told my mom I went gold, and she didn't know what that meant, and I was immediately humbled.
Andy Mineo
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I searched YouTube for 'deaf music videos' and watched them with the sound muted. I noticed that though you could understand the words being signed, the sense of rhythm was lost. That's when I had the idea to create a video where you could see the sounds you couldn't hear.
Andy Mineo
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'Hook' was one of my favorite movies when I was growing up, so we played with that theme on the title 'Never Land.'
Andy Mineo
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I think when I show my vulnerability, people relate with that because they know deep down inside that they have vulnerable moments, and they can really connect and identify with me on those things.
Andy Mineo
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No matter how successful you become... there's always that sense that you could be better.
Andy Mineo
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There is very little room for humor and personality in hip-hop.
Andy Mineo
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Hip-hop has always been about keeping it authentic and being authentically you. That is what I try to do in my music and when I speak about the Bible.
Andy Mineo
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I think people see faith as a section of their life, like, 'I go to church on Sunday...' but for me, my faith runs through the entirety of my life.
Andy Mineo
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We live in a society of triviality, and my music and what I'm about kind of starts to break that mold and adds more meaning and dialogue to hip hop.
Andy Mineo
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I've never been about just trying to do what works. I've been about trying to authentically express how I feel.
Andy Mineo
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I really think there are two genres of music: good music and bad music. And I'm just trying to be on the side of making good music.
Andy Mineo
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New York City is the greatest city on the planet. It's the capital of the world.
Andy Mineo
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I think the thing that makes Indiana basketball special is that they have incredible teams, both college teams and pro teams, and they're all about grit.
Andy Mineo
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I think 'Never Land' is, like, my first really strong attempt to create music... that can encourage people who share my faith but also challenge and intrigue people who don't.
Andy Mineo
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If someone announces me as a 'Christian rapper,' there's still an 'Eh, no thanks.' But perceptions are starting to change.
Andy Mineo
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I was wondering if any of my faith was real at all, and I started to let go of a lot of things that I had learned and say, 'Maybe I just need to start over entirely with what I have learned about my faith.' And that's what I did.
Andy Mineo
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I found Beam when he was 16 years old. He dropped his SoundCloud page onto my Facebook. 'I listened to it and was like, these tracks are actually dope.'
Andy Mineo
