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

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...

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.

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings...

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings...

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...

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.

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.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

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...

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

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.

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.

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

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

Everybody needs somebody.

Everybody needs somebody.

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...

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

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

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

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.

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a...

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a...

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.