Minister OJ, born Michael Oware Sakyi, has said music is made with different intentions and there is a place and purpose for all of it.

He spoke to Taller Dee on Journey to Heaven on No.1 FM, 105.3.

The star singer-songwriter and composer asserted language was not a barrier to music.

"We use music to access the soul structure. We use music to access the realm of sound. Once it can penetrate into the realm of sound, language does not matter so much," he said.

"The beauty of a song has nothing to do with whether you understand the language or not," OJ argued, citing how popular Angelique Kidjo's Agolo is in Ghana.

"You don't understand Agolo but when you hear it, you enjoy it," he added. "Music simply penetrates the soul of the listener."

The serial hitmaker enumerated various forms of music.

"Some do music to entertain, some for dancing, some for mourning, etc. It's not always about deep lyrics. Remember, it's not everyone who has the privilege to write deep words but everyone has a target audience," the Gospel singer noted.

He asserted, "When it comes to artistry, nobody is wrong. In art and music, it's not about good or bad. It's simply an issue of preference. You may simply not like it and that's fine. Someone else likes it." 

He pointed out how some singers are ridiculed for their songs but end up achieving hit status with the very songs they are mocked for.

Without mentioning names, he alluded to two odd "songs by a man and a woman, respectively, for which they were mocked but by the time people realised, the songs were widespread hits".

He emphasised: "This is how music works."

Minister OJ is respected for timeless hits like Fa Mpaebo, Obi Nya W'aye, Apor Jesu, Onipa Hia Mmoa, Etse Sen, and Meduru, among many others. His latest offering is Adom Ahyasie.