Mahalia Jackson's Quotes

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.

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

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.

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

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

Without a song, each day would be a century.

Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. I'm used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Everybody needs somebody.

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

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

Money just draws flies.

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

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

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