117 Quotes by Kirk Franklin

Music was always a part of me.

When you look at the decline of church attendance in America, or when you look at the decline of millennials that are not going to church in America, you want to have the conversation that a lot of times people are hit more with religion and rules and the systems than they are with the love of God and having a personal relationship with Christ.

What's funny is that in the '90s, growing up in the black church, everyone around you was older, so your swag became older.

My mama didn't want me; my daddy wasn't there. So there were a lot of insecurities and low self-esteem.

People are hungry for something to remind them that life is bigger than the hell they're going through.

I am a student of good and bad, and I've always been inquisitive. I never want to be the know-it-all in a room. I want to be in the room of those that are thinkers and people that are compassionate, people that have drive and ambition. I'm always driven by it.

Most gospel music is very vertical. And there's nothing wrong with that - there's nothing wrong with, you know, 'God, we praise you,' and 'hallelujah.' Those songs are very important. But I also like to do songs that are very horizontal, that kind of fit within the fabric of people's everyday life.

What saved me from the hood was Christian faith motivated by music.

There's nothing as a Christian black man that I fear that the average white male wouldn't.