“The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel,...” — Greg Boyle Quote

“The poor evangelize you about what's important and what is the Gospel, and that that's where the joy is.”

“The highest religious and spiritual ideals of any faith would invite us to a compassion for all lives destroyed by the violence that plagues us.”

“We are less than honest and commit a grave error if we insist that what happened to Rodney G. King was isolated and an exceptional case. The poor know better.”

“I'm not going to be here forever. I don't plan on going anywhere, but I don't know anybody for whom death is an exception.”

“The draconian spirit that seeks to enhance penalties and to lower the age at which juveniles will be tries as adults, is part of the 'whole cloth' of three strikes. Our failure to address the depair of our inner-city youth is only delayed by our over-confidence in a stance that is 'tougher than thou.'”

“Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump gang, and that's what happens at Homeboy Industries.”

“We're not spreading anything but the Gospel.”

“I've never got the vibe that they would do a gospel song. 'Cause when they talking about doing another Geto Boys album I said I would do it if I could rap like I'm rapping on my gospel album, I didn't get a whole lot of cosigning on that from all the political parties concerned.”

“I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We're very respectful people, and very humble people... and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.”

“Plantation gospel music was the stuff I fell in love with when I was a kid - these beautiful melodies and these hard, hard stories.”

“I do know that on my mom's side, my uncle sang and had a gospel group. He also had a radio show he would do on Sundays with his quartet.”

“I love the Lord. I did grow up in a gospel family.”