Mahalia Jackson

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

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

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

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.

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

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.