1 00:00:00,920 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Hi, I'm Sarahcustack. I'm the NBA analysts for they S Network, 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,399 Speaker 1: and I'm hosting a new podcast called NBA Flashback. NBA 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: Flashback takes you back to the best moments in NBA 4 00:00:11,440 --> 00:00:18,319 Speaker 1: history through exclusive archival audio from the NBA vault, and 5 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: each week we'll have new interviews with the legends who 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: were actually on the court. Check out NBA Flashback on 7 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 8 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: get your podcast. What Girls in the Forest, our imagination 9 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: and our family bonds. 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My 19 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:21,720 Speaker 1: next guest is CC Winning C. C. Whinning. She is 20 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: born in Detroit and currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where 21 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: she is based and has been married for thirty seven years. 22 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: CC and her husband, Alvin Loved the Second, are the 23 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: founding pastors of Nashville Life Church and recently installed Their son, 24 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,839 Speaker 1: Alvin Loved the Third is lead pastor. Last year in music, 25 00:01:38,080 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 1: there's no stop in c C. Winnings at twelve times 26 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: Grammy Award winner, twenty three times dolve As Award winner, 27 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,440 Speaker 1: and fifteen times Stellar Award winners, and now we have 28 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: to include her induction in the Gospel Music Hall of 29 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:53,559 Speaker 1: Fame and receiving a star on the Hollywood Walker Fame 30 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: Star Nashville Music Walker Fame Mark, Nashville City Music City 31 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 1: Walker Fame. She's Gonna Showlder took us a current album, 32 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,040 Speaker 1: but lead for it. The album is currently at number 33 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 1: four on Billboard, which top Christian Gospel album chart, and 34 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: it's been in the top ten every week since since 35 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 1: it was released twenty weeks ago. Please work with the 36 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,519 Speaker 1: money making conversations for the verse first time and not 37 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: the last time. C C One said hello, hello, shot, 38 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: how are you well? Fantastic? You know, I gotta share 39 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: a little story. I did it all fair. I gotta 40 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: bring it on camera here about. You know, I do 41 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 1: a newsletter or with money making conversations. We do it 42 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 1: every week, uh Dale. He handled my my creative and 43 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: I walked in. This officer said, I just ran across 44 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 1: this video of c C one and she looked amazing. 45 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: I said, I gotta drop this in my newsletter. This 46 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: song's amazing, and my newsletter goes out there like two 47 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 1: hund thousand people, and I had to drop it. You know, 48 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: it was it was like it was like when I 49 00:02:56,560 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: saw it, you know, it was like a blessing of 50 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: because it made me feel good. And it also made 51 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: me feel that the relevancy of who you are as 52 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: a as a person who still delivers a powerful message, 53 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: a person who still has the gift that God gave 54 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,320 Speaker 1: you to sing and to inspire. So when when when 55 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: a person like me who just you know, just walking 56 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: down the street. Now you're kind of like walking down 57 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: the street and you see a beautiful car go by, 58 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 1: you see it amazing building, you see this beautiful tree. 59 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: That's what it was to me when I came across 60 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 1: your video on my feet talk about that that ability 61 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: to that God is giving you to make those type 62 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: of responses or reaction from people like me. Hm, wow, 63 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: well that is such a blessing. First of all, thank 64 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: you so much. It's amazing that, um, the power of 65 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: you pushing the button, how many people you reached, that's 66 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: just overwhelming to me. And so thank you so much 67 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: for sharing, um, the good news. You know, I am. 68 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 1: I'm blessed to be able to to give good news. 69 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: And I don't take it lightly. The the position that 70 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: God has given me, the influence that He's allowed me 71 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: to have, the people's lives. Um, it's it's important that 72 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: it is something that will always uplift people and never 73 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: bring them down, you know. And now I want to 74 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: say that let's stay right there on their uplift part. 75 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:26,320 Speaker 1: Because you did a concert on TBN. It was March 76 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:31,320 Speaker 1: twenty six is Bleeve bleeve Ford concert it was, and 77 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: it was beautiful and at two point five minutes so beautiful, 78 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: two point five million people. So I thought it would 79 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:38,040 Speaker 1: beautiful too. Okay, let's go and say boy, let's just 80 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 1: reache on McDonald. It was two point five million people 81 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: watch this, okay, and it was o t b N. 82 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: But you know me, Stecy, I always like to just 83 00:04:46,520 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: go deeper into what I the people, and I went 84 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: to the comments section and and I wanted to just 85 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 1: grab three comments that came out of this and and 86 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 1: and I want to talk about them because one was 87 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: from this young ladies, just your music save life. After 88 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: my mom passed away, I had a bad depression. I 89 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: locked myself in my room listen to your albums over 90 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: and over, and it brought me out. Thank you, miss c. 91 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: C Wines. Another one was I too lost my daughter 92 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:17,920 Speaker 1: last year, reacting to the earlier coming. I just read 93 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 1: CC's music has been such a calm and effect on me. 94 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:24,160 Speaker 1: I wasn't even looking for this album believe for it, 95 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: believe for it, but I guess God knew I needed it, 96 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 1: so Holy Spirit lead me to it. So I listened 97 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:32,799 Speaker 1: to it, and I listened to it and I listened 98 00:05:32,800 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: to it. Thank you, Father for using CC to bring 99 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:39,119 Speaker 1: your message to so many people. I appreciate you, Lord God. 100 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 1: And then the last one was C. C. God richly 101 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: blessed you. I was so depressed, but after worshiping you, 102 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 1: wish you listening to your music, I was lifted. I 103 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 1: have tears in my eyes as I write this. Anytime 104 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: I listened to your songs. They're so uplifting and they're 105 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 1: such a blessing, you know, not trying to bring this 106 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: interview down that trying to get churchy, But when I 107 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 1: read stuff like that, I gotta bring it to your 108 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,640 Speaker 1: attention because sometimes I would tell people like you, you're grinders. 109 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying. And sometimes you can just go, 110 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 1: that's what you know, That's what's what I do. But 111 00:06:10,640 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: you also need to know what you do. You you're 112 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: singing your heart, your your blessings, how they affect people. 113 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,280 Speaker 1: When I read something like that, knowing that you are 114 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 1: tied to the church founded the church in Nashville. Talked 115 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 1: to my artists for a minute about that. Um, well, 116 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:30,119 Speaker 1: first of all, it makes me want to cry, brings 117 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: tears to my eyes. Um, you know for sure when 118 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 1: I was let me see, I was probably about seventeen 119 00:06:39,839 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: years old when BB and I started singing, and um, 120 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: when I was older than that. I was older that 121 00:06:46,839 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: we started it on the TV show years ago, and 122 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:56,560 Speaker 1: starting out that young as a teenager, um, seventeen eighteen 123 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,400 Speaker 1: years old, nineteen years old, you get a lot of 124 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: male from young people. And I realized at that time 125 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: because I received a piece of male from a young 126 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: lady back then, and she was telling me how she 127 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: was listening to the radio and how our song came 128 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: on the radio and how she was contemplating suicide and 129 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: after hearing our songs, she decided to give life another try. Um, 130 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: that hit me so hard that I would never forget it. 131 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: I realized then that my music was not about just entertainment. Yes, 132 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 1: we want people to enjoy it. We want them to 133 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 1: you know, get excited about it, laugh, dance, enjoy it 134 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: with with their their their families and all of that 135 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: come to the concerts. But I realized that the power 136 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: of music, it's powerful enough to really impact people in 137 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: such a way that it's it's literally life or death. 138 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: And so as a as a as a young person, 139 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: I had to rethink what God was sending me to do. 140 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:15,679 Speaker 1: And and so reading those comments and hearing those comments 141 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: today that you just shared with me, Um, it just 142 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 1: reinforces the power of music. It's powerful when it's positive, 143 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: and it's powerful when it's negative, you know. Um. But 144 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 1: but singing the gospel, singing the scripture, singing the word, 145 00:08:36,040 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: it actually gives life, you know. And so I am 146 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: honored I'm privileged to be able to sing gospel music 147 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: and I'm humbled that God would use a young lady 148 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:51,760 Speaker 1: from Detroit, Michigan, you know, um to touch people in 149 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: such a way that it literally saves their lives. And 150 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 1: so I am speechless. 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They 197 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: see a windy path that could lead to adventure, and 198 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: they see you. They're fearless. Guide. Is this fascinating world? 199 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 1: Find a forest near you and start exploring and discover 200 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: the forest dot org. Brought to you by the United 201 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: States Forest Service and the AD Council. Thank you. You know, 202 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: that's why I wanted to share them with you. You know, 203 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:57,719 Speaker 1: I could say when I do interviews, I try to 204 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:00,319 Speaker 1: like take the perspective of where I'm talking to you. 205 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,040 Speaker 1: I'm talking to you kind of admiration. I feel blessed 206 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,960 Speaker 1: that I have this conversation to share with my audience 207 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,319 Speaker 1: and want to make conversations. CC Windings is coming on 208 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 1: my show. What we're gonna talk about, what we're gonna 209 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: talk about this album, but we need to talk about 210 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 1: how you are, Like they say, you're you're very aware 211 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 1: of the times of communications and and that's what you said, Rashan, 212 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:22,360 Speaker 1: just clicking a button. I sent your video out to 213 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 1: two hunion thousand people not clicking another button on Mother's Day. 214 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 1: You started a podcast and it's all Generations And that's 215 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 1: why I love about you because some people can get 216 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,400 Speaker 1: stuck in their ways. Well this works for me, you know, 217 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:39,439 Speaker 1: and I'm creel with it. But when you realize you 218 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 1: are an international talent, Okay, it's gonna be real not CC, 219 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,599 Speaker 1: you are an international talent. That podcast allows you to 220 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:50,960 Speaker 1: personalize your message but also reach people in the South 221 00:12:51,040 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: Africa and Brazil and Jamaica, in Russia and the Germany 222 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 1: and England. Talk about why you started Generations Indy and 223 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:06,440 Speaker 1: why you started on Mother's Day and great, great, thank 224 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: you so much for bringing that up. Even what you're 225 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: saying as far as embracing the times, embracing the new 226 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: way of doing things. It's not easy because you know, 227 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: I've been out here doing this a long time, and uh, 228 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 1: the industry has changed drastically from the time that you know, 229 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,959 Speaker 1: I started and now um, and so getting used to 230 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:32,080 Speaker 1: the all the Instagrams and the facebooks and everything that's 231 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:36,359 Speaker 1: happening now the podcast it's just, UM, it can be overwhelming, 232 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,959 Speaker 1: but you have to be willing to embrace change. You 233 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 1: have to be willing to to do the new, you know, 234 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: because what God has given me. Um, I have the 235 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:53,360 Speaker 1: responsibility of stewarding it will you know, and UM, it's 236 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,240 Speaker 1: it's it brings challenges, but we all have to be willing. 237 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,199 Speaker 1: If you're want to grow, you have to be willing 238 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,679 Speaker 1: to embrace challenging times, you know, and challenges that's how 239 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 1: we grow. And so but but but Generations. Ah, I've 240 00:14:08,520 --> 00:14:14,400 Speaker 1: been wanting to start rather as a conference or ministry 241 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 1: for for everybody, but especially women, UM of different ages 242 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: you know. Um. Like I said, when I started out, 243 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:27,560 Speaker 1: I was about oh, singing professionally, maybe about sixteen years old. 244 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 1: I'm fifty six now, soon to be fifty seven, and 245 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: my mom is still with me, who's an amazing woman 246 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 1: of God. And a lot of times we live in 247 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 1: this culture that we as we get older, people seem 248 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: to think you lose your value. But I I believe 249 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: that you become more valuable the older you get. Um 250 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: And my mom is still with me. She's eighty four 251 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:54,040 Speaker 1: years old, soon to be eighty five. And I wanted 252 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: to make sure, you know, because so many times we 253 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: sit back and after someone's gone, we wish we would 254 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: have done this, We wish we would have done that. 255 00:15:01,120 --> 00:15:03,480 Speaker 1: And I want to encourage everybody who's hearing me today, 256 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: move on what God has put in your heart. Stop 257 00:15:07,600 --> 00:15:10,440 Speaker 1: waiting for the perfect time, because the perfect time is now. 258 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: You know. It's never a perfect time to do, to do, 259 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,480 Speaker 1: to step out and to do the new, you know. 260 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,320 Speaker 1: And so coming together, it was important to bring my 261 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: mom and now to bring my daughter who's a new mom, 262 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: and so that we could understand the the power of generations, 263 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: the power of love, the power of family, the power 264 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: of God's faithfulness to every generation, and also to find 265 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:41,360 Speaker 1: out and to learn, you know, I I am who 266 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 1: I am today because I had a mother who took 267 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: out time to pour into me. Um And and we 268 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: have to take out time to pour into the younger generation. 269 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: I'm here to pour into my daughter. Because your prayer 270 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:57,920 Speaker 1: for your children is that they will do better than 271 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:03,360 Speaker 1: what you've done. Absolutely, and that's really important that you 272 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: say that because it's not about paying it for It's 273 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: just that you know, I was, I have a daughter. 274 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: I've been blessed, married thirty three years. So you got 275 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: me by four he got me a boy four years. Okay, okay, 276 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:16,600 Speaker 1: good by for you and so and you know those 277 00:16:16,640 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: those years they have challenges because nothing's ever easy. But 278 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:23,480 Speaker 1: it's about communication. It's about communication when we look at it. 279 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 1: And when you say, when you talk about change, I 280 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: remember when I was managing Steve Harvey. You know we 281 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: had this uh I was resisting the Twitter and the 282 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: social media because we had a radio for Man that 283 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 1: was syndicated. We had a fan club or like a 284 00:16:37,920 --> 00:16:40,640 Speaker 1: million fan club subscribers like go, why do I need 285 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 1: this new technology? Because you need it because you have 286 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: to be able to be topical, You have to be relevant. 287 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:49,479 Speaker 1: You have to be able to understand how people are communicating, 288 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: not saying what you're doing, and you shouldn't stop what 289 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: you're doing, like and I still have a news letter, 290 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: but I also social media, also have well, I also 291 00:16:56,800 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: have podcasts. I also do things on YouTube. All these 292 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,880 Speaker 1: things have value, and all these things can bring in revenue. 293 00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 1: Now in your whole world that you have created, you know, 294 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: and these blessings that you received and been recognized for 295 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:15,159 Speaker 1: leave for it is your first live recorded album. Now, 296 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: let's let's walk through that, because I'm just going back 297 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,560 Speaker 1: to your c C. You know, I'm like, you know, 298 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:23,760 Speaker 1: Marvin Gay live, you know, Frankie Beverly Amazed live and 299 00:17:23,840 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 1: do all this. You know, I'm that type of live 300 00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:29,720 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Yeah that, And but here 301 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: in your live, you know, it was a different lie. 302 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: I wasn't trying to party. I was just sitting there 303 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 1: being inspired and being able to think about myself in 304 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: a positive way. And so why did you wait this 305 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,680 Speaker 1: long for your first live recording? And what did you 306 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,040 Speaker 1: get out of what? What was you received out of 307 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 1: a CC when you when you when you brought everybody 308 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 1: together and then they went it's a rap. Yeah I 309 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: love that question. We'll first of all, I don't have 310 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: a good answer for you why I waited so long? 311 00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:08,920 Speaker 1: Because I love the experience of life worship live concerts. 312 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: We've toured for years and there's nothing like it, you know. 313 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,199 Speaker 1: But also I guess for me in the studio, when 314 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,520 Speaker 1: you do a recording in the studio, you're able to 315 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: kind of listen to it, tweak it, fix this, make 316 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 1: sure you know. So that's the value to me and 317 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: doing in the studio. But I think we just got 318 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,639 Speaker 1: busy with life and never took out the time to 319 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 1: record a live record. I've done live videos, but never 320 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: released the record that was live. And and again, I 321 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 1: just don't have a good answer. I just didn't take 322 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 1: out the time. But but this was the time, um, 323 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: And now that I look back, I see it was 324 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,720 Speaker 1: really the time because we had planned it before the 325 00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:57,239 Speaker 1: pandemic happened, and when the pandemic happened, Um, we had 326 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 1: to cancel everything because you're first live record, you know, 327 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 1: we were we were having it at a place where 328 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,639 Speaker 1: we wanted about four or five thousand people, and so 329 00:19:07,119 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: that wasn't gonna work. And so now I'm looking at 330 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 1: doing my first live record with no people, right right right, 331 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,600 Speaker 1: So so we canceled it, Richard, and then we uh 332 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: later on towards the end of the year. I felt 333 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,719 Speaker 1: like it was time. It's like, we have to release 334 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: this and probably even more so because of the pandemic. 335 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,880 Speaker 1: A lot of people were isolated. A lot of people 336 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: didn't have family members. You just said, how you've been 337 00:19:42,200 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 1: married thirty three years. I've been married almost well thirty 338 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: seven years and uh um. But a lot of people 339 00:19:49,520 --> 00:19:52,160 Speaker 1: didn't have family, you know, a lot of people were hurting, 340 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: a lot of people lost family, And so I felt 341 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:57,119 Speaker 1: like this record was something that was really needed to 342 00:19:57,280 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 1: create a live experience where I mean, churches were closed down. 343 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: A lot of people couldn't go to church, you know, 344 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: and um, that's rough. You used to be in the 345 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 1: in the sanctuary with more people and worshiping together. That's 346 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 1: a big uh gap in your life when you can't 347 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 1: have it. And so I felt like this record was 348 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: right on time to help people right where they were, um, 349 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:29,640 Speaker 1: going through the pandemic and understanding that God was with them, 350 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: to let them know that they're not forgotten, to let 351 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:38,520 Speaker 1: them know, you know, uh, don't give up, don't give in. Um, 352 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: do the things that we need to do to protect ourselves. 353 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: But but let's praise God through through the situations and 354 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: and so after we finished this record, we had people praying. 355 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 1: You know, I think during that time you could have 356 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: maybe fifty people. 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The fun the front part about it is 391 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,400 Speaker 1: that you know, I'll be tell you because it's by 392 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 1: being honest. I'm not a daily church coll or weekly 393 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,760 Speaker 1: curpe okay, you know, but when I go to church, 394 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 1: the people even understand this is what sean talking. When 395 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:08,639 Speaker 1: I sit down on that pew and somebody maybe to 396 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:10,159 Speaker 1: the left of me, maybe to the right. Because I 397 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:11,920 Speaker 1: always get on the end. I was I like getting 398 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,199 Speaker 1: on the end. That's what I said. I would sit 399 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,000 Speaker 1: on the end. I might be on the end, on 400 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:16,320 Speaker 1: the left of the end, of the right. That's that's 401 00:23:16,359 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: why I sit. I just I get up and let 402 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 1: them go past me. But it's something about um being 403 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 1: in the church that allows you just to be in 404 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: the church. It really is. I don't think about my job, 405 00:23:30,840 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 1: I don't think about my problems, and what I do 406 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,680 Speaker 1: think about is what I can do with my life 407 00:23:37,720 --> 00:23:40,000 Speaker 1: and the people I care about. And I also think 408 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 1: about forgiving my enemies because I I said prayer, I 409 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,960 Speaker 1: always I pray for the people I care about, and 410 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,800 Speaker 1: I also pray for the people that are my enemies 411 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: because they need to be blessed for some reasons why 412 00:23:52,520 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: they I don't know why they're not my enemies, but 413 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: they're my enemies. But guess what, I'm gonna still gonna 414 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: get your blessing in my prayer. And so being the 415 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 1: person you know, one of the founding pastors of Nashville 416 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: Life Church and hearing me say this is is that 417 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,920 Speaker 1: what is the what is what is the goal? When 418 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 1: you see a person like me sitting there and you 419 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:17,480 Speaker 1: got the choir singing, you got the the people who 420 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:20,800 Speaker 1: are naunted preaching and serving the word of God, what 421 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 1: is that goal? The goal is for you to have 422 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:28,639 Speaker 1: an encounter without Heavenly Father. The goal is for you 423 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,639 Speaker 1: to just what you were saying, for you to receive 424 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:36,880 Speaker 1: what you need. You know, we all come in the church. 425 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: The church is UM. It's it's a spiritual hospital. We 426 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 1: come in for healing. Some of us need healing physically. 427 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: Some of us need healing from a broken heart. Some 428 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 1: of us need healing from you know, the stress that 429 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 1: we've been under. You want to be refreshed. You want 430 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 1: to be renewed, your mind to be renewed. You want 431 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 1: to be a place of escape where you forget about 432 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:06,240 Speaker 1: your problems and you forget about everything that you're going through, 433 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:10,480 Speaker 1: so that you can receive the wisdom you need, the 434 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,400 Speaker 1: love you need, the power you need. A lot of times, 435 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,080 Speaker 1: you have to be reminded of who you are. You know, 436 00:25:16,240 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: so many times we can focus on what we don't have. 437 00:25:18,480 --> 00:25:22,240 Speaker 1: We forget the blessings that we already had. UM And 438 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:24,760 Speaker 1: so it's a great place to come to and, like 439 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 1: you said, so that you can learn to forgive, to forgive, 440 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:31,680 Speaker 1: because a lot of times people are walking unforgiveness and 441 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,880 Speaker 1: they think they're hurting the other person, but unforgiven, that's 442 00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: only hurts you to bring. Yeah, it weighs you down, 443 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 1: you know. And so our goal is always for people 444 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,479 Speaker 1: to have an encounter with Jesus, to have an encounter 445 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:47,919 Speaker 1: with the love of God, because it's through that supernatural 446 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: touch that your life has changed. So when you go 447 00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: back out, um, you'll go back out different and seeing 448 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 1: things from a different perspective. Well, I'm talking to hit 449 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: album Believe for it is uh is incredible. You should 450 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,399 Speaker 1: like she said she was. She was wondering how to 451 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:10,439 Speaker 1: record it because of COVID. She lost the four thousand 452 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: seat all the end, and she she broke like, I 453 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:14,720 Speaker 1: love what she said. I brought fifty people in that 454 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:16,960 Speaker 1: reshow who knew how to pray. You know, they knew 455 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: how to pray because you pit your real church. You're 456 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:21,800 Speaker 1: sitting next to somebody who know how to pray. You go, 457 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 1: you got you whoever you're talking to, can you let 458 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 1: me talk to him too, because they praying over there? Okay, 459 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,359 Speaker 1: can I get in that conversation, because you got it 460 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,520 Speaker 1: all going on right there. But I just want to 461 00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:34,119 Speaker 1: talk before and let you go about being a trail plazer, 462 00:26:34,280 --> 00:26:36,600 Speaker 1: because you know, we sit up here talking about not 463 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: you know, resisting to change. But in eighteen eighty nine 464 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: you launched the Pure Springs gospel record label. Okay, now 465 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,080 Speaker 1: see see that's why I gotta bring up. I love 466 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,399 Speaker 1: talking to people like CC because they act like they 467 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: well you know, I don't like change, Rishan, but sitting 468 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 1: right out there doing change, making change with everybody's going, 469 00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: why are you doing that? Girl? Just go sign that 470 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 1: lab over there with that record, they get that check. 471 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: Do your own time. You're doing too much work. But 472 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: in the t in that that didn't work for you, 473 00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: tell us about that. As an entrepreneur, Well, you know 474 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:12,760 Speaker 1: when you you know, you when I began in this 475 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: business again, you're you're young, and you're just excited about 476 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,639 Speaker 1: doing what you do as far as the gift of singing. 477 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 1: But you you find out early on that it's a business. 478 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 1: You know that the record business is a business, and 479 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:31,920 Speaker 1: and you go through a few things that you recognize, oh, 480 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:34,480 Speaker 1: this is the way it works, This is what makes sense. 481 00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,479 Speaker 1: You know, you're spending your your time, you're giving everything 482 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: you have. You want to have something to show for it. 483 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,080 Speaker 1: You know, you want to be you want to be 484 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 1: a wise steward over what God has given you. And 485 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 1: so I had wonderful people around me to let me 486 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,120 Speaker 1: know you could do it. That that encouraged me, because 487 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,560 Speaker 1: a lot of times we look at things, Richard, and 488 00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:57,480 Speaker 1: we think that it's it's too hard, it's something that 489 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:00,240 Speaker 1: we can't do. It's not that people don't want to 490 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 1: do it all the time. A lot of times they 491 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: feel like they're um, you know, don't have what it takes. 492 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: But but everybody can learn. You know, you have to 493 00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 1: be patient and you have to ask questions. And so 494 00:28:12,520 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: we were able to do that and start our own 495 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: label years ago, and I'm so glad I made a 496 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: major difference and what I was seeing before from my 497 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:28,399 Speaker 1: labor um and what I was seeing afterwards. And and 498 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,960 Speaker 1: so I started educating people and telling people that yeah, 499 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:33,480 Speaker 1: if I could, if I did it, you can do 500 00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,320 Speaker 1: it too. You can do it too. And a lot 501 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:40,240 Speaker 1: of my friends embrace that, you know, in the industry 502 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:47,200 Speaker 1: and started thinking from the entrepreneur side opposed to UM 503 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 1: just being an artice, you know, to understanding the importance 504 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,719 Speaker 1: of of owning and the importance of being in charge, 505 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: the importance of because that's another thing, especially as a 506 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,440 Speaker 1: gospel artist, you want to make sure that when you 507 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: talk about your brand that you're having the last say 508 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: so because it's not about me. I represent the Father. 509 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:12,000 Speaker 1: I represent Um, the one who created all things and 510 00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 1: who gave us this gift. And and my my aim 511 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: when we were talking about the goal even in churches, 512 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: that people will have an encounter with Jesus, that they 513 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 1: will receive Um supernatural peace and hope and and all 514 00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,320 Speaker 1: of those good things that God brings. And so it's 515 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 1: so important to protect your brand UM. When it comes 516 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:34,680 Speaker 1: to that as well, you have to go you have 517 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: to go above and be I, you know, because it's 518 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: not about me, but it's about the people that we 519 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: serve that they will be touched with UM in the 520 00:29:44,920 --> 00:29:48,520 Speaker 1: right way. And so yeah, being an entrepreneur, yeah you 521 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,560 Speaker 1: have to be more into the details. But it's it's 522 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: it's so worth it in so many ways. And I 523 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 1: want to encourage people to to think differently, to understand 524 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 1: that you and be a business owner, you you want 525 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: to be involved in and and what's happening not just 526 00:30:08,760 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 1: in your life, but all the opportunities that are out here. 527 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: Even during this pandemic, even though a lot of things 528 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: closed down, a lot of things opened up, you know. 529 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: And again it's how do you look at it? Do 530 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,480 Speaker 1: you look at it as oh no, or do you 531 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,400 Speaker 1: look at it this? Could this be an opportunity? Is this? 532 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 1: Is there an opportunity here for me? And praying and 533 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,000 Speaker 1: asking God, you know, Lord, you've given me gifts. We 534 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: all have individual gifts and very unique gifts. And and 535 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 1: and if you pray and ask the Lord to show you, 536 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 1: he will. He'll show you. And before you know it, 537 00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 1: you'll be operating in a in a whole different way, 538 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,960 Speaker 1: in your whole life will be affected by it. Wow. 539 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 1: Like I said earlier, there's no stopping c C. 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