Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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 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,...

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.

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?