Gospel music allows us to become closer to God and closer to each other.
Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.
Marvin's Motivational Moments actually started as something that was actually therapeutic for me. I would sit up late at night after my wife passed trying to adjust to being alone.
I have to prioritize: father first, and then a pastor and a recording artist and entrepreneur. I try to put everything in proper perspective, and then the proper priority.
Whether looking at pop music, hip-hop or R&B, it's rare to find an artist who hasn't been touched or affected by the power and soul of gospel music. In fact, many of today's popular artists such as Whitney Houston, John Legend, and Katy Perry started their careers in the church choir.
Throughout my career, my family and I have fallen victim to inappropriate attempts to contact me by several unknown individuals.
We live in a world full of people who are ready to be uplifted.
Success is difficult to define.
I want people to understand that tragedy and trial does not necessarily mean that you are a victim.
The Bible tells us that we're supposed to leave an inheritance for children.
The best way to honor someone who has passed is to live.
I just believe that whatever I post should be my content.
I'm just a hometown boy from Grand Rapids, Michigan - where I still live - who is trying do what he feels that he's been called to do.
I have been singing gospel music since I was four years old.
Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.
D.C. is one my largest audiences. They buy tons of records of mine in Washington, D.C.
The worse thing in the world is for an individual to live, breath and exist and leave this earth, die, and not make impact.
When my wife got sick, I didn't understand why God was doing what he was doing.
A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather's funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather's life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success.
One thing I don't personally like is not having that privacy I used to have. Being able to do whatever I wanted to do without people recognizing me. That makes me watch what I'm doing more carefully. I'm not going to be acting no fool.
