Creativity Quote by Della Reese

There’s a quiet power move in Della Reese framing her work as something that includes “the spirituality of people,” not just their entertainment. Coming from a musician who also became widely known as an actor and ordained minister, the line reads like a thesis statement for a career built on presence: voice as service, performance as care. She’s not claiming to hand out answers; she’s claiming access to a part of the audience most industries try to monetize without naming.

The phrasing matters. “I also work with” is deliberately practical, almost vocational, as if spirituality is another instrument in the kit: timing, breath, listening, empathy. It sidesteps preachiness and lands closer to emotional labor. Reese suggests that art doesn’t merely express her inner life; it actively interacts with yours. That’s a bolder claim than “music heals,” because it implies responsibility. If you’re “working with” someone’s spirituality, you can’t treat them like a demographic.

Culturally, Reese’s statement sits inside a Black performance tradition where gospel technique, church training, and secular stages constantly cross-pollinated. For many Black women artists, spirituality wasn’t a branding angle; it was infrastructure: the community that raised the voice, the ethics that shaped the public self, the language for suffering and endurance. Reese turns that history into a simple, confident credential. She’s telling you what her fame is for.