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

Quote by Mahalia Jackson

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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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Everybody needs somebody.

Everybody needs somebody.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

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.

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...

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

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

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