American - Musician | October 26, 1911 - January 27, 1972
Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
Mahalia Jackson
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If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
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Everybody needs somebody.
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God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.
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I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
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The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.
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Without a song, each day would be a century.
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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.
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Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
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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!
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