I've always loved gospel, ... My mom was involved in church music. I sang a lot in church. It's an opportunity to learn music and sing uplifting music.

Our church taught us not to be prejudiced.

NewSong is an opportunity to expand the number of worship languages spoken in our church family. We want to reach out to people for whom a more traditional worship style seems like an alien tongue.

It's a great way to end. Coming to the White House and being honored like this – it's a great opportunity.

Over 70 percent of those that we serve are Catholic. We really need to partner with the Catholic Church more than we do.

It's a great opportunity for us to bounce back. It's a big game for us.