Quotes by Yolanda Adams

About Yolanda Adams:

Yolanda Yvette Adams is an American gospel singer, record producer, actress, and radio host on WBLS. As of September 2009[update], she had sold 4.5 million albums since 1991 in the United States, and nearly 8 million albums worldwide according to SoundScan.
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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...

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I truly do have the most amazing child on the face of the earth. I know all parents say that about their child, but Taylor truly is special.

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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.

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

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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat to live, and some people live to eat.

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Nobody talks about how Puffy went to Howard University or about Lil Wayne attending the University of Houston. All the young kids know is what they see on the videos. They don't realize that these guys have taken managerial and business courses, and ...

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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.

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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 on...

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It's not just about getting a song on the radio or appearing on television. It really is about helping people change their lives one day at a time.

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Education helps you to be a well-rounded person, period. It teaches you how to take in information and data, process it, and use it for life building. Education was key in my family. You were going to college.

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God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.

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As humans, we have the tendency to call on God only when we think that we're in dire straits as opposed to cultivating a real relationship with Him every day. And that's what my music tries to convey to all the listeners - try to cultivate it every d...

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

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My direction has never really changed, because I don't think that you can really work gimmicks in gospel music. With gospel music, there is this central theme that always comes around about the love of God, the love of Jesus and the power that you ha...

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You can live a wonderful life, you can love God with all your heart, and you can love your husband or wife very passionately and have a balance in your life. I live by balance.

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All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God.

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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 ...

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I was brought up by great parents and great grandparents who told me, 'Never, ever think that you're better than anyone else or that what you do is so important that the world won't miss you once you're gone,' and I kind of translate that into the st...

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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.

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Luckily, I don't have to be anybody but Yolanda, because people don't expect me to be anything other than who I am. For an artist, it's a great place to be.

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Author Bio

  • NameYolanda Adams
  • DescriptionAmerican gospel singer and actress
  • BornAugust 27, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Composer; Musician