now our next guest has won five Grammys
has her own nationally syndicated radio
show which you can catch right here in
Detroit and she has her own TV show
where the Campbells and she also has a
hair line she's the mother of three take
a look it's a lot going on it's
important to me that I don't get so
absorbed in my career that I forget that
I'm still a mom and a wife so I love
doing radio from home because I get to
still be a mom who said Lord protect us
before we go to school please welcome
Mary Mary into the studio along with her
husband Grammy award-winning producer
and pastor of California Worship Center
Warryn Campbell the second thank you
both so much for being here absolutely
this is very exciting for me as you guys
know already talked about first what
brought you to the tree I'm here for the
NABJ the National Association of Black
Journalists I am excited doing a radio
show now I feel like I belong here but
I'm hosting an event on Sunday and I'm
also doing a preview of an episode
tonight so a lot a lot so what do you
guys like come about come what do you
like about coming to the city loves my
father for father's days yeah but the
city is great I come I used to come here
in vacation to Detroit yeah the wine is
family is like my personal family so you
know I love this place okay so you so
you've got family connections you'd see
the reel of everything all your favorite
things to do I like to go to South field
and there's a little place called beans
and cornbread I'd like to go to a place
called the click this morning yes mayor
gave me something called a grilled
cinnamon roll I apologize to my body for
having you you won't go hungry when
you're right
very busy lifestyles with your careers
the recording studio radio church TV new
not so much going on how do you balance
it all one day at a time yeah I think
you know we are very busy but we are
just doing what we do and it's not
pressure just what we love so you just
keep going I don't like to look at any
of the things in my life as an issue or
problem like they're all blessings my
careers are blessing my family the
church the music radio the hair line is
all a blessing so if it's a blessing I
want to look at it through those eyes so
even if it does stretch me a little bit
I'm a little tighter overwhelmed or
whatever it is I try to put myself in
the right frame of mind so I can deal
whatever it is and really acknowledge
the fact that this is a blessing you
know and everybody doesn't have it so
yeah and I like how you said even though
this stretches me a little bit now this
is me me yes and with no difference what
you say it's very important if you say
I'm stressed if you say I'm sick if you
say I'm overwhelmed yeah then it begins
to rest on you in a different way so if
you ask me if I'm sick I'll go not long
yeah not for long
I'm gonna adopt that one I've adopted
many of her little life less alone I'm
not stretched I'm not stressed I'm just
stretched I'm stressed yeah alright so
you guys are in the church or a pastor
you're a first lady amongst many other
things do you feel that people try to
hold you to a higher standard because of
that yeah absolutely and they should
okay yeah you know there's just certain
things that you ought not do in my
vision there's certain places you just
shouldn't go in this position I mean you
know and I think we're held to a higher
standard to try to live a better life
and you know be an example to people but
it's not what a perfection is not one of
pretentious it's not one of pretending
that I'm not real it's knowing that that
I'm honored to serve but I got a really
great boss so like God guides me and in
the tough times I get strength to do
that but what I love about our church is
we can be really honest like I can go
and cry and be like you guys it's just
not a good day and they'll pray for me
that it won't go what's wrong with her
you know we both you know are blessed in
that way and I think it frees them to be
human because just because you're in
leader
doesn't mean that you're not human but
as a leader you have to acknowledge that
because if you tell them oh I'm a leader
no I never make mistakes and I'm always
perfect then the moment you do they're
gonna come down on you
so acknowledge your humanists from the
jump even though you're in a position
position of leadership and I think
that's a challenge that a lot of people
have had with leadership is that they
just don't come across as real and
authentic it's like cuz nobody has a
perfect day every day it just doesn't
exist ya know tell me are you guys
working on some new music together we
are actually yeah there's a song that
we're working on actually together yeah
does it do it
this is new video coming out soon - yes
the song is called all of my life for
the rest of my life okay and I'm excited
about it I had to kind of talk them into
it a little bit she did you know you
know you know the pressure maybe I won't
live up to Tina I don't know she usually
sings with Tina how will this work no
none of that I just I'm just not
comfortable on stage I'm behind the
scenes you know entertainment industry
behind the scenes in front of the scenes
right there on stage what are some of
the challenges or obstacles that you
guys have faced know what it is it's
people you know people II yeah when you
deal with people all the time and then
you never know what you're going to get
with certain people and so you gotta
always be ready to deal with whatever
they're bringing you know from their
lives you know I part of my job as a
producer is to be a psychiatrist you
know I have to deal with what's going on
in their head before I could get
anything good to come out of their mouth
yeah it's people yeah well I think you
guys are doing a great job and
everything you're doing yes just me and
you can hear Erica every morning on
102.7 FM and where the Campbell's airs
Tuesday at 8:00 on TV one thank you both
so much for being with us we appreciate
you so much thank you