A biography for Marvin Sapphasn’t been written yet.
“We live in a world full of people who are ready to be uplifted.”
“The Bible tells us that we're supposed to leave an inheritance for children.”
“Now we have so many different genres of music, it's amazing to me. Even in the gospel music arena, you've got hip-hop, you got contemporary, urban contemporary, you got traditional, you got neo-soul gospel, you've got all of these different things.”
“My father was a singer. So it just kind of happened that one Sunday while my dad was singing, I just walked out and stood next to him, and I started singing the song that he was leading, and I sang it in perfect pitch.”
“Entertainment and information work well together.”
“Our job in gospel is not going away. It's a sustainable genre. It sells - without question.”
“Some men don't have the opportunity to be the type of father they need to be, and I hope my example teaches them to step up.”
“Sometimes I still wonder what my fans look like, but if I had to describe them, I'd say that they are everyday people with everyday needs who need a supernatural message to help them though their natural walk.”
“I tell people all the time, 'As long as my kids are doing good, I'm gonna be alright.'”
“My assignment is to take my situation and to use it to help others who feel hopeless and/or helpless because of loss.”
“Success is difficult to define.”
“Marvin's Motivational Moments actually started as something that was actually therapeutic for me. I would sit up late at night after my wife passed trying to adjust to being alone.”
“I have to prioritize: father first, and then a pastor and a recording artist and entrepreneur. I try to put everything in proper perspective, and then the proper priority.”
“In the African-American community, we struggle with a lot of health problems that have a lot to do with our diet.”
“Keep doing what you do, and people that enjoy what you do are gonna buy your music and love on you.”
“Being a pastor is pressure because we have to counsel people.”