It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will...

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will...

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

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

Everybody needs somebody.

Everybody needs somebody.

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

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

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

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

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...

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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,...