It's 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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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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 mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

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.

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?

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...

Everybody needs somebody.

Everybody needs somebody.

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.

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.