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Mahalia Jackson
American
Musician
About the author
How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#God
#Grace
#Wonders
It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Money
If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Want
#Feeling
#Song
#Christmas
#Meaning
If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#God
#Will
#Open
#Windows
#Blessings
#Heaven
I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Money
I hope to bring people to God with my songs.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Songs
#God
#Hope
#People
I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Worry
Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Help
#Deep
Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Talk
#Baby
#Skin
Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Want
#Time
#Singing
#Churches
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Jazz
#Music
#African
#Experts
God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Want
#God
Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Man
#Faith
#Soul
#Health
#Prayer
Everybody needs somebody.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Needs
Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Sadness
Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Songs
#Hope
#Despair
Money just draws flies.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Money
#Flies
I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Song
#Eyes
This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Hollywood
#Stars
Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Help
#Deep
#Singing
You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Work
#Strength
Without a song, each day would be a century.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Day
#Song
They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Success
#Thought
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Nothing
#Rest
My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Feet
#Body
The trouble with records is that they're too short.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Trouble
The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#God
#Will
#Old
#Trying
#Devil
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Mind
#Voice
The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Dance
#Glory
Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#God
Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#God
#Mind
One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Jazz
When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
Mahalia Jackson,
American
Musician
#Feeling
#Wrong
#Cure