“ I was so dead that in my my story sin , but has when purpose I acknowledged . who I was and who God is , I came alive .”
“ First , you want to meet people where they ’ re at . You can ’ t come out of the gate with something that ’ s way too positive . You need to meet them in a real place and show them there can be more in their lives . I think that ’ s what we did .” Track to track , Danny wraps his signature throaty vocals around very human perspectives on love and loss , but most notably , on hope . Not of distant hope ; but hope that is present , alive and life-giving .
“ There are lots of voices out in this world , today maybe more negative than anything else ,” he adds . “ With Rise , I want to be a positive voice ; a voice that connects , a voice that unifies , a voice that finds common ground . I ’ ve experienced hopelessness and loss . I ’ ve experienced having nothing — and now , having things in my life that I love so deeply , I believe
“ I was so dead that in my my story sin , but has when purpose I acknowledged . who I was and who God is , I came alive .”
“ I ’ ve found my voice ,” he continues . “ It took years , but I feel that I ’ ve found my voice and my sound . I ’ m living proof that it ’ s never too late to become what you ’ re supposed to be .”
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