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

Quote by Mahalia Jackson

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You're blessed if you have the strength to work.

You're blessed if you have the strength to work.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.

When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.

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

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

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

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

If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.

If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love.

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk...

Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk...

The trouble with records is that they're too short.

The trouble with records is that they're too short.

This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.

This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.

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

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

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

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

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without...

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without...

Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz...

Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?

How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.