When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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.

Everybody needs somebody.

Everybody needs somebody.

Money just draws flies. My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say...

Money just draws flies. My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say...

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...

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...

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.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Without a song, each day would be a century.

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...

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...