Kirk Franklin Quotes

�We don't have fans, we have friends. And when you look at them as friends, everybody (is) coming together for the same purpose, just getting excited about our faith.�

�I wanted to create a label that is very youth friendly, very urban, and a label that reflects Christ to the culture,�

�[Franklin has long been a Wonder fan. Working on the song] Why, ... very Stevie-ish ... I flew to Los Angeles to let him hear it. He liked it and wanted to be on it.�

�continuation of me striving to be right spiritually. The assumption is that a person who does Christian music is automatically connected (to God). That's so untrue ... I hope this music is a reflection of the connection I have. I'm very proud to be a Christian.�

�It's what I like to call the horizontal Jesus. Vertical Jesus are the songs that say 'Lord I love you, Lord I praise you, Lord I thank you' and horizontal is 'I'm in a situation. This is the problem. How can I apply that now horizontally?' There are more problems in the world because he's not being applied horizontally.�

�The world is always waiting for someone to save the day, make things better. We've lost hope in politics, preachers. � As a child of God, I just believe that Jesus is our hero, he is the one that came to save man's life, to save man's soul, to restore people back to themselves with a love that's real � an unconditional sacrificial love.�

�When I was taught truth, that's when I got my freedom.�