Everybody needs somebody.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson

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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...

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...

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

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.

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,...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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.