All Quotes

"I lost who I was."

"For me, a leader is always just someone that can obviously implement – and it's all about action, like I think their action and everything that they do."

"I've always had a positive approach in whatever situation I find myself. I tend to find that as soon as you go negative, immediately, people around you tend to be negative. So my focus is to just stay positive as long as possible."

"To lose like that, it does hurt. If it doesn't hurt, it doesn't mean anything. But no one game like this makes us a bad squad."

"There is an excitement that comes with connecting with audience and connecting them with God"

"Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him. And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”"

"Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord killed him And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”"

"Onan, Sade, Masoch – how fortunate they are! Their names, like their deeds, will never fade away."

"It was the law among the Jews that the widow of a man who died without children should be married to the brother of the deceased, and that any offspring resulting from this union should be attributed to the deceased husband: this is the law known as leviarate marriage (Deuteronomy, 25, 5-10), which was intended to prevent families from dying out. Here, Onan, in order not to lose his brother's inheritance, prevents procreation with a sin that he calls onanism, which corresponds precisely to modern Malthusianism. The Bible's condemnation of these practices is inexorable."

"one of the best gospel artists that the country has ever produced;President Jacob Zuma"

"He had energy on stage and he was very powerful;His manager Tshepo Nzimande"

"It was a massive shock to me. I could not believe it at first but I was grateful that I could pray for him and bring him closer to the Lord;pastor Paseka "Mboro" Motsoeneng"

"Lundi used some of his earnings, but he was still able to save some of his money"

"Our artists have been dying paupers, but we would not allow this to happen to Lund"

"We were praying for his recovery, but God had His [different] plan. He is at peace wherever he is"

"Lundi requested me to bring his younger brother, Siyabonga, to Johannesburg. They were very close"

"He even came to Johannesburg to look for Rebecca in 1996. At some point, he became Rebecca’s backing vocalist and stayed with her for two years"

"Ukufa akujwayeleki! [One cannot get used to death]"

"These are the two superstars who healed people with their music, and their music gave hope to the hopeless"

"Maybe God is saying something to us as musicians"

"He told me that he did not want to die before recording a new song with me. He was a happy soul. He loved people and everywhere he went, people would feel his presence"

"Let us leave his mistakes [behind] and look at the better person he was"

"I spent his last days with him in hospital. I used to bathe him and give him his medication. He did not want me to leave. He would hold my hand tightly"

"Lundi connected his life with God in his last days"

"People are still writing about his unfortunate past [when Tyamara binged on booze and drugs], but he was a changed man. I do not care about how he started his life, I am interested in how he ended it"

"The media never caught him red-handed drinking alcohol, but it is he who decided to come out publicly about his drink and drug problems, and his sexuality,"

"he owed his success to his fans"

"I can hear things that regular people wouldn't normally hear. That was a light bulb for them. They set a path for me that would direct me into music and that would make my musicality grow"

"I remember when I was about six years old, they took me to piano lessons. They set things in motion. I was in a group with my parents"

"It really does help when you discover it early because it cushions you as well. You don't fall into the temptation of thinking, 'Let me find an easier route or let me do this.' My husband and I are really trying to work on our girls, talk to them, have conversations with them about what interests they have and also identify certain gifts and talents that they have"

"My children should never feel like, to mom, we were secondary to everything else. My girls are amazing. They are God's perfect gift to me. They make me smile in ways that are just unimaginable. They make me forget the woes of this world"

"I do everything in my power to make sure that when I'm with them, I'm with them a hundred percent, and they know that they have my attention. That's their time with their parents, and in that moment, I'm a parent, not Ntokozo Mbambo"

"All of us as parents have gone through those moments where you're like, 'I could have done better as a parent. I should have seen this. I should have done this. I should have done that.' But ultimately, it's about learning from those mistakes and making sure that we grow from them and do better for our children"

"I'm doing the best that I absolutely can because my children are my world"

"First of all, let me say a disclaimer that anyone who does that, it doesn't mean that they're bad people"

"They didn't ask to be in the industry that we're in. They didn't ask to be popular figures, and we can't put the pressure of being in the public eye on them. It's a lot of pressure and, and unnecessary pressure"

"My husband doesn't even like taking me to places like that. I love being a girl. I'm such a girly girl. So, I love those things. Nails, hair, you know, doing something that makes me feel good about myself. If for you, it means going shopping, do it"

"(To the brothers who wanted to kill Joseph) So Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh.” And his brothers listened."

"(After the death of his firstborn son Er, to his second son Onan) And Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother.”"

"(About Leah) And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, “Now I will praise the Lord.” Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she stopped bearing."

"Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright; yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph’s—"

"Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; / Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; / Your father’s children shall bow down before you. / Judah is a lion’s whelp; / From the prey, my son, you have gone up. / He bows down, he lies down as a lion; / And as a lion, who shall rouse him? / The scepter shall not depart from Judah. / Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, / Until Shiloh comes; / And to Him shall be the obedience of the people."

"We are all ministers unto God, but I believe Minister Mahendere means a servant of God who serves at His throne, doing some errands for Him, even sometimes ministering to His people"

"Our music is praise and worship unto the Lord Jesus Christ and is also inspirational information for our walk with the Lord. I believe that our music is an unending message unto God that expresses our love towards Him"

"I tell you, I’m actually shocked by this version of Minister Michael Mahendere on it”, he said with a chuckle, promising much more mature music in Getting Personal With God 3 Breakthrough, set to be released on March 24 and going into mass distribution everywhere, including online stores"

"The collaboration is a wonderful declaration song that we did and I’m so grateful to God for it because it really speaks of what is about to happen in my life and in the lives of those who have been waiting on the fulfilment of the promises of God"

"I remember sometime last year on a Tuesday evening in a church service my father, Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa, repeated the words ‘Say My Time Has Come’ for more than 50 times, and immediately a tune and words came into my heart and I wrote this song"

"I also was given a scripture, 1Kings 18:41-46, when Prophet Elijah said I hear the sound of abundance rain"

"It’s been a year which boosted ‘Getting Personal With God 3’ in a mighty way and we have been made to dominate new territories and God expanded us"

"I am very excited to be leading gospel music lovers into intense worship and deep praise experience as we will be celebrating life and thanking God for his love and kindness throughout this year"