Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
- Mahalia Jackson
Prayer, Soul, Vitamins, Faith
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!
- Mahalia Jackson
Singing, Want, Lord, Churches
Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.
- Mahalia Jackson
Black, Skin, Before, Promoters
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
- Mahalia Jackson
Jazz, Rhythms, Origin, Gospel Music
Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
- Mahalia Jackson
Hope, Gospel, Songs, Gospel Songs
I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
- Mahalia Jackson
Worry, Ad, Lib, Bailey
If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
- Mahalia Jackson
Faith, Blessings, Will, Open
Money just draws flies.
- Mahalia Jackson
Money, Flies, Just, Draws
Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
- Mahalia Jackson
Trend, Same, Most, Do You Know
Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.
- Mahalia Jackson
Deep, Help, Singing, Pit
Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.
- Mahalia Jackson
Deep, Help, Sings, Pit
They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
- Mahalia Jackson
Success, Thought, Paying, Bills
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
- Mahalia Jackson
Voice, Mind, Themselves, Sufficient
Without a song, each day would be a century.
- Mahalia Jackson
Song, Century, Would, Each Day
Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.
- Mahalia Jackson
Mind, Remember, Your, Gospel
When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
- Mahalia Jackson
Feeling, Sing, Cure, Gospel
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
- Mahalia Jackson
Rest, Nothing, Through, Blues
How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
- Mahalia Jackson
Amazing, How, Using, Grace
The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
- Mahalia Jackson
Will, Old, Move, Blocks
My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
- Mahalia Jackson
Feet, Hands, Within, Throw
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
Song, Want, Locate, Check
I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
- Mahalia Jackson
Money, See, Get, Benefit
One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
- Mahalia Jackson
Jazz, One Thing, About, Count
You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
- Mahalia Jackson
Work, Strength, You, Blessed
Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.
- Mahalia Jackson
God, Sometimes, Ask, Asking
This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.
- Mahalia Jackson
Place, See, Hollywood, Bowl
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, Independence, Test, Independent
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, Alive, Like, Lord
Everybody needs somebody.
- Mahalia Jackson
Needs, Everybody, Somebody, Relationship
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