When I was a kid, and God was talking to me about music, I was like, 'Okay, I'll sing mainstream music,' because I was afraid to sing Christian music to alienate my friends. Honestly, it was going on 'Idol,' having that kind of exposure, that I realized there's something different about me. I just crave God being a part of every moment.
I love to sing all kinds of music, but I know that my heart is for people to know God, and I want them to experience his love.
My hope is that people experience the music and, in that, something works in them, that they realise how exceptional they are. Maybe that it inspires them to do something great in their own lives.
I want God to be speaking louder than the music.
I have this call in my heart to reach all people.
I'm so grateful that God has allowed His heart for people to translate through music, to impact the lives of so many, just like a loving Father would.
I grew up listening to country music with my dad on the way to school.
Seriously, my heart is to just go forward as far as I can, making music that I love and seeing where the journey takes me.
Someday, I hope to do a jazz club tour.
I get so full off of stories that people send in of encouragement.
It doesn't matter if they're in this block or that block: my heart is for all people to know and encounter the love of God.
The word 'empower' is something that kept coming up in my heart.
We, as Christians, have a legacy to leave, and it's all about a love of Christ to permeate the music and reach the hearts of all of the people out there, that don't know him and do know him.
I have known in my heart since I was a little girl that music was a major part of my life and always would be, but seeing others respond to the words I sing amazes me.
I definitely don't ever plan on compromising, and if that means I'm rebellious, then so be it. I'm all for it.
If we show people that fear isn't actually the place that we have to surrender to, fear isn't actually the thing that we have to answer to, but instead, it's going in and loving people.
When I was little, I would sing all around the house.
You have to know your identity. It's the biggest thing in wanting to pursue creative dreams.
My goal is always to just do my best and hope that the people who find my music also find God in the process.
I consider the homeless just as important as the richest of the rich.
