Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Yvette Adamsis an American gospel singer, record producer, actress, and former radio host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. As of September 2009, she had sold 4.5 million albums since 1991 in the United States, and nearly 8 million albums worldwide according to SoundScan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGospel Singer
Date of Birth27 August 1961
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
dealing gets gospel love music people whatever
People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
god love
God is love. He loves everybody. He loves you.
appearing change helping lives people radio song time
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.
definitely sing waited
You've waited this long, you can definitely sing the song,
came faith people realize tour
The people that we are having on our tour all came from the church. Most people of faith don't realize that these are also people of faith!
thinking grandparent missing
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 stardom thing.
thinking-about-you winning peers
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 a music trophy, because it is the one.
song writing heart
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.
order years albums
The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
artist who-i-am people
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.
christian growing-up fun
I didn't grow up in one of those restrictive Christian households where you couldn't do this or that. We were brought up with a great collection of good morals and good values, but we also had fun. We'd go to church on Sunday, but then have ice cream, roller skate or play in the park afterwards.
real thinking trying
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 day.
people healthy healthy-food
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.
jesus thinking needs
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 have through Jesus Christ. You don't need a gimmick when you have that.