Andy Mineo Quotes
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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.
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The Bible is referred to in scripture as the sword of the spirit.
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Nobody - regardless of how they feel or behave - deserves to be on the other end of receiving hatred and discrimination.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I told my mom I went gold, and she didn't know what that meant, and I was immediately humbled.
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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.
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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.
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No matter how successful you become... there's always that sense that you could be better.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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New York City is the greatest city on the planet. It's the capital of the world.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I want to bring meaningful conversations to the table, and I want to shake some things up.
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There is very little room for humor and personality in hip-hop.