Lecrae is not just, you know, church, church, church.
For me, I go in and play a few Christian songs for an audience, and now I have people come up and not tell me I'm great, but tell me that my music is helping save their lives, helping them in the Lord, and helping them end their vices.
I am not a Christian artist, I am an artist who is a Christian.
My dad's name is Robert Stafford. His music name is R. L. Stafford; he makes gospel music.
People have been asking me since I did 'Carried Me, The Worship Project,' 'When are you going to do another worship project?' And that's my favorite one.
I think that if you are going to be successful as a Christian in the arts, you have to be successful in your Christian life.
The journey homewards. Coming home. That's what it's all about. The journey to the coming of the Kingdom. That's probably the chief difference between the Christian and the secular artist--the purpose of the work, be it story or music or painting, is to further the coming of the kingdom, to make us aware of our status as children of God, and to turn our feet toward home.
One thing I love about Josh Turner is his faith; that's why I looked up to him so much.
But Stacie Orrico was my childhood hero. I was about 12 when I found her music. She is a contemporary Christian artist, and I can honestly tell you that I don't think I'd have a soulful voice if I didn't listen to Stacie. I wanted to sound just like her growing up, and to this day I STILL think I sound a little bit like her. But she is AMAZING!
I never wanted to be on an exclusively Christian label.
