Quotes by Mahalia Jackson

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

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Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without...

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Everybody needs somebody.

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Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as...

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Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.

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Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk...

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Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.

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

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

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Without a song, each day would be a century.

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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.

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

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