40 Quotes by Yolanda Adams

Gospel is just the truth of the word of God. Anybody can sing it, anybody; anybody can perform it.

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

Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.

You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.

The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.

When you win a Grammy... you're thinking about you winning. It is amazing. Your peers and folks in the record business are saying, 'This is what we think of you.' And that's why the Grammy will always be, to me, the ultimate in what you get as far as a music trophy, because it is the one.

I think more people in the mainstream, folks like Nancy Wilson and Luther Vandross, they have openly expressed their love for God, and when mainstream artists start expressing their love for God openly in their concerts and including gospel songs in their concert, and, you know, people started embracing it.

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

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