"We bagged more than three awards in music categories. It shows how much our music is being appreciated out there and it’s positively impacting peoples"

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

"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 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"

"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"

"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"

"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 started in circular music doing Urban Grooves for some time when I was a bit younger and it was a good learning curve"

"Well, in our previous events we did not feature other artistes and it is always good to bring diversity and colour to every event and these artistes are some of my friends, so as I celebrate 10 years of recording gospel music, I thought it will be a good thing to have an inclusive event, where we just come to celebrate together"

"I looked it up and felt it was definitely the right thing to do"

"We were more emotionally stable when we had the community spirit. That community spirit because of migration and all is no longer there. So, this trauma that happened to this young girl, had it been 20 years ago, we would not have been looking at mental health interventions. There were aunts, grandmothers and others in the extended family who would have stepped in, but these people aren’t there anymore"

"If I am to leave my church then God must tell me where to go but for now he has not spoken so I am still a member of Zaoga Forward In Faith"

"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"

"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"

"If you look at someone like Takesure Zamar, who speaks about seven languages and he brings that to the table, we have Evelyn coming from Kenya, she carries that to the table and it becomes a mixture that will cater for every member in the body of Christ"

"We are always working with different themes, our sound has always been different from what you see on the general gospel scene, it is a mixture of both the young and the old, the energetic and the calm, a mixture of different languages and different backgrounds"

"We are very grateful to God for the reception that people have been giving on this album. The sound is different, the sound is new"

"The testimonies that we have received from people who have listened to it, we see that you have been doing something worthwhile and making a difference in people’s lives"

"You can make a brighter day one smile at time, changing the world starts by changing the life of an individual buy a ticket and most importantly do not forget to buy for someone who needs to be there, everybody needs Jesus. Sekerera"

"Piracy is always there, but there are ways around it and one of the things is that my genre of music has never been mainstream, so I am not affected much by piracy"

"to equip people with quality mental health care to make informed and healthy decisions about themselves, their relationships and their future"

"We also helped the group find a sense of purpose in life"

"After what happened I prayed to God and told myself that I will not act on my anger but let God have his own way"

"Zimbabweans are just a broken people; we have become an individualistic society like the first world. So, they replaced those things that we had in our culture, as ubuntu, with professional bodies. What we do as mental health is what we would have done with our grandmother’s aunts and uncles"

"And this thing about drugs is a big problem that will drive crime, prostitution rates to go up, the Zimbabwe as we know it is going to change because of these drugs"

"It isn’t a problem that we can sweep under the carpet, not at all. The problem with drug-related crimes is that it is very violent. It is actually something that requires the government and Zimbabweans to get involved, before it becomes a major problem. Poverty is also driving people to sell drugs and the war against it will be tougher"

"This track is reassuring. Its core message is ‘whatever your situation, you should know that God is faithful"

"It is taken from Psalm 23, ‘Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.’ That’s a message of encouragement"

"I never at any point felt intimidated. Some of them are quite advanced in age, but then they're very good at their music and what they do"

"I’m very excited to work with them and everything just panned out very well. I used to listen to them growing up, but now I've got the opportunity to work with them. This is indeed a dream come true"

"Being a mother and a musician is like managing an exciting challenge. It’s not easy, but very possible to love and be available for both. When I’m at home I’m a simple girl, who cleans, cooks and plays around with the boys, and when we get on stage, things change and we work"

"We recognise the many logistical and organisational challenges involved in making this event happen year after year, but our passion and commitment drive us to keep this vision alive. The ultimate goal is to establish the festival as a celebrated gospel extravaganza that people look forward to each year — uniting hearts in praise, worship, and fellowship, and strengthening our collective faith journey"

"We believe that worship and spiritual growth are interconnected with physical well-being. As such, the festival is not just a spiritual event but also a movement towards caring for our community’s physical health — creating a space where faith, health, and community come together in unity"

"I loved the fact that we got to have a full house in Coventry and fans were happy to meet me for the first time"

"And at that time, Kevin, his brother, Jason, and their friend Anthony were doing stuff on YouTube. So I reached out to them and said, “Man, I love y’all stuff. Y’all are funny.” And we became friends online. Kevin’s brother Jason became Kev’s manager as well as my manager too."

"When I was dared to go on and do something funny, the person that dared me told me that the Playmakers are doing funny stuff on YouTube."

"I don’t know if it feeds my soul. The only thing that feeds my soul is God. Entertainment, singing, acting, doing skits, that’s fun stuff. But it doesn’t feed my soul at all. but it’s fun stuff to do. However, people tell me it brings them joy."

"Then I was like, people are watching, and they thought that was funny. So I did another one, and then I did another one. And people would hit me and say, “My mom was dying and we would sit and we would sit around and watch you and it made my mom smile and laugh.”"

"I’m from Columbus and Toledo, My friends and I used to come up here for concerts because Detroit has the best concert. Everybody would come through to Detroit and ain’t nobody coming to Toledo. Nobody. And so we would get in the car and drive an hour and we were like, “Oh, OMG. The talent here is crazy!”"

"I think that’s mainly because people in Detroit will sit down on you. If you’re not singing like that, they will sit down. Ain’t nobody gonna clap for you. Ain’t nobody gonna feel sorry for you. You will die a slow death. They don’t care. It’s like the Apollo. Detroit will bring out the dog in. That’s the culture of Detroit. Most definitely."

"There is nothing special about me; I only see the favour of God."

"Despite my physical challenges, I have determined to live with it and forge ahead, but not to become a beggar."

"The usual way of playing gospel music in the old days is quite different from the way it’s being played today."

"I will encourage anybody facing any challenge just to face it and determine to overcome it."