Quotes from Andy Mineo

I've never been about just trying to do what works. I've been about trying to authentically express how I feel.

'Hook' was one of my favorite movies when I was growing up, so we played with that theme on the title 'Never Land.'

I don't like calling it Christian rap. Titles are so limiting. It's hip-hop. I'm a rapper.

Love God, Love people, and thoroughly hate sin. ? ? ?

Nobody - regardless of how they feel or behave - deserves to be on the other end of receiving hatred and discrimination.

For some reason, we have completely separated Christians who are rappers, and we have separated, I guess, regular rappers. I feel that we should be able to mingle, enjoy each other's company, and trade ideas.

There is very little room for humor and personality in hip-hop.

Hip-hop has always been about keeping it authentic and being authentically you. That is what I try to do in my music and when I speak about the Bible.

I told my mom I went gold, and she didn't know what that meant, and I was immediately humbled.

Music is such a powerful tool, and there are so many people who need love and encouragement and hope.

Hopefully, at the end of all this, my music is going to be used as a tool to help people have meaningful conversations and meaningful relationships with themselves and with other people and with God.

I found Beam when he was 16 years old. He dropped his SoundCloud page onto my Facebook. 'I listened to it and was like, these tracks are actually dope.'

Emotions change. Truth doesn't. What will you build your life upon?

The older I get, the more I desire simplicity.

I don't really speak for anybody else's music, and I don't think I should, but I think the reason why people enjoy my music is because there's a level of honesty and transparency that people can connect and relate to.

I think 'Never Land' is, like, my first really strong attempt to create music... that can encourage people who share my faith but also challenge and intrigue people who don't.

I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the bubble that I was living in instead of inviting people into my world.

Going to church and stuff was just something I did with my mom.

I'd love to get in a room with Kanye at some point, have a conversation, and see if something cooks up.

I searched YouTube for 'deaf music videos' and watched them with the sound muted. I noticed that though you could understand the words being signed, the sense of rhythm was lost. That's when I had the idea to create a video where you could see the sounds you couldn't hear.

Being a Christian and seeing that white evangelical Christians were primarily the people who put guys like Donald Trump into office made my entire world explode.

I want to bring meaningful conversations to the table, and I want to shake some things up.

It's really tough to be an active member of your church when you travel so much, but that's the stuff that keeps you going.

I think in today's society we are dealing with an epidemic of fatherless homes. We're turning everywhere else for people to be fathered.