“I've always believed there is a better place somewhere. I feel like I'...” — Tyka Nelson Quote

“I've always believed there is a better place somewhere. I feel like I'm E.T. and I'm just passing through.”

“I love to perform, to give glory to God with my own brand of funky gospel music. I think it's my mission to show people that God, that Jesus, can be cool.”

“I posted some songs on MySpace, and right away people started asking, 'Where can I get a CD?'”

“I'm very quiet. In the beginning, my brother would play the piano, and I would sing, because that's what my mom and dad did. And then along the way, somebody teased me for even thinking that I could get up there. That stayed with me, and I became very shy.”

“I was a single mother, and my boys were babies. I sold my body for food, money, and Pampers.”

“I'm definitely not afraid of death. It's like I'm looking forward to it, really. I'm probably a little more afraid of living.”

“You think you can stray from the straight and narrow course the Lord has set for you and still get into heaven just by praying: 'Lord, you know in my heart I always believed in you.' Well, don't expect God to forgive you! Salvation is not free!”

“In songwriting, I needed language. And I always believed in singing about what I do.”

“A soft refusal is not always taken, but a rude one is immediately believed.”

“I believe and have always believed in the virgin birth, and the second coming.”

“I live in Brick Towers, a public housing project in Newark's Central Ward. I moved in when the projects were privately owned by a man who the residents and I believed was a grade A slumlord.”

“A large plurality of the Trump electorate believed the definition of 'conservative' was simply 'Not Hillary.'”