A biography for Kirk Franklinhasn’t been written yet.
“My point is that I am pro-life but I still believe that I do not have a right to force a woman to do anything with her body, the same way that I can't force somebody to come to Jesus Christ.”
“Music was always a part of me.”
“What I want to say about the Kanye thing is that whoever wants me to be in their life - whether it's a rapper, celebrity, janitor, banker, newsman, teacher - my job is to be a light for God and Christ. Whoever I'm with and whatever I'm doing, that's my purpose.”
“It makes you feel good when you do a song that, sonically, can fit right next to Drake. But our audience, they don't care. And it hurts that they don't care!”
“My first triumph was turning Elton John's 'Benny and the Jets' into a gospel tune.”
“I've worked with kids in a youth ministry in California.”
“I celebrate my weaknesses.”
“I was adopted when I was 4. The woman who adopted me, she was 64 years old.”
“You could always tell intent by how people spend their money. How people spend their money is a reflection of their heart.”
“I've seen people fall in love with God, or come to see God loving them, through a relationship.”
“What's funny is that in the '90s, growing up in the black church, everyone around you was older, so your swag became older.”
“Whether it's Kendrick Lamar or J. Cole or Common there are a lot of artists, especially rappers, who come from a background with a faith-based substance, and it's time for that substance to be celebrated and appreciated.”
“My job on Earth, the reason why Kirk is created, is to make God famous. I just want God to be well-known. And I think it's created a dialogue - I think it's opened up conversation, and people have started to talk about what religion is to them.”
“I trust that if God gives me music for someone else, that's what He wants that person to have. I have to trust that that's what they're supposed to do and that's the music that should specifically be released for them and their ministry, for their career and for their audience.”
“I really love New York. I just love the aesthetics and the spirit of New York. I've just always loved the energy of it. When you're flying into New York and you look out of the window, it's like you're flying into another planet. I've never stopped being amazed at it.”
“The core of what we do is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and my music is a reflection of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It's not as much inspirational as it is spreading the Gospel.”
“While we fight and argue about abortion and sexual orientation, we apparently forgot one of the greatest sins that God continuously acknowledges He hates: pride.”
“There's always a new experience that has to be communicated.”
“I think it's unfortunate that we don't go into the non-churchy places to be what I believe Jesus was.”
“I am a Christian. With all my being. My heart loves Jesus 100.”