El DeBarge

“When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to express what I think people are feeling.”

“I'm too grateful to be hateful. I am too blessed to be stressed.”

“I'm a nice guy, but not all the time. There are these personalities in me, so many of them. They come out at strange times. I can be one way, then five minutes later I'm another way.”

“Keep your eye on what you're responsible to and what you're responsible for, and that'll keep you right.”

“I want the world to know that everybody deserves a second chance.”

“I'm not crazy. But I am different. I'm still learning about myself.”

“There's music to dance to and make love to, music to cry to. I'm starting from scratch, coming fresh. But my sound still embodies the same soulful, intricate harmonies.”

“The devil is busy and trying to distort and adulterate the things that are the pure essence of God.”

“There's a certain missing feeling, a void out there that I'm more than happy to fill. Without criticizing what's out there now, I'm just going to do El DeBarge.”

“God strengthened me and taught me who I am in Him. He taught me that not only do I need to have faith in Him, but I need to believe in myself again.”

“God has been God in my life ever since I can remember.”

“I was in no way ready when my daughter was born. But I want to be a good father to her.”

“The piano has been my friend all my life; it has always comforted me. Writing songs and sitting down at the piano is not only a business, it's a hobby I enjoy.”

“Music really helps me. It's like a best friend.”

“I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me I sing other people's songs better than my own. She says I loosen up and give the songs a different feel.”

“BET, I'll never, never, ever forget them for this wonderful blessing they gave to me, to be on the 10th annual BET awards for my comeback.”

“When your will power is gone, you are helpless.”

“I hit rock bottom before I even went there. Actually, prison was the rescue mission that God had put on me. He sent out his angels to rescue me. In prison, he protected me the whole time I was in there, and it was just for me to get my will power back, to get my strength back, get my focus together.”

“I know that I'm here because of the grace of God. But I also know that I've been given this second chance for a specific reason, and that is to bring love to the world again through the voice of my music, and I'm so honored to be able to do it. I'm so blessed that God has chosen me to do that.”

“I fight these strange personalities by getting into music.”