Quotes Mahalia Jackson

Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help....

Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for h...

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ev...

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the son...

Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of ...

Everybody needs somebody....

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot li...

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to pu...

Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I k...

How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders with...

I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better....

I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like...

I hope to bring people to God with my songs....

I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money....

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven an...

If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling ...

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to b...

It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be...

Money just draws flies....

My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is ...

One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't coun...

Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God ...

Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what ...

The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I d...

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient....