He's actually keeping it real and being sarcastic. He practices Ifa, he's saying they're not devil worshipping beads and the bible commands you to LOVE regardless, so IF he was to be a satanist, you'd still have to love him according the scripture. He also lets us in on a secret that shouldn't be secret: Believe in a higher power (GOD) and your light will shine with happiness. The most powerful people believe in a higher power and that's the secret to their fearlessness. He doesn't allow his successful peers to intimidate him because he believes in GOD...most people from New Orleans are Catholic...there was a lot of Haitian immigration during the Napoleonic era. The Catholicism practiced by black people in N.O. is mixed with original West Afrikan faith...He's just letting you in on some things.