Mahalia Jackson Quotes

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

Faith, Health, Live

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.
Mahalia Jackson

Money, Easy, Lord

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

Work, Strength, Blessed

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
Mahalia Jackson

God, Blessings, Heaven

Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.
Mahalia Jackson

God, Mind, Remember

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

Hope, Despair, Blues

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

Feeling, Wrong, Sing

God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.
Mahalia Jackson

God, Put, Hands

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

Help, Deep, Singing

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

Black, Before, Talk

Everybody needs somebody.
Mahalia Jackson

Everybody, Somebody, Needs

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

God, Sometimes, Ask

Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
Mahalia Jackson

Sadness, Same, Songs

Money just draws flies.
Mahalia Jackson

Money, Flies, Draws

The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.
Mahalia Jackson

Sometimes, Said, Dance

How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
Mahalia Jackson

God, Amazing, Grace

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.
Mahalia Jackson

God, Hope, Bring

I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
Mahalia Jackson

If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.
Mahalia Jackson

Christmas, Feeling, Song

My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
Mahalia Jackson

Whole, Body, Within

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

Help, Deep, Anybody

Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
Mahalia Jackson

Music, Jazz, Gospel

I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
Mahalia Jackson

Eyes, Song, Sing

I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
Mahalia Jackson

Worry, Pearl, Ad

One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
Mahalia Jackson

Real, Playing, Jazz

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: October 26, 1911

Died: January 27, 1972

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