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

Quote by Mahalia Jackson

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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.

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

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

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

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...

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.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

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.

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...