Mahalia Jackson Quotes - Page 2

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• I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Song, People

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

  Mahalia Jackson

  Work, Blessed, Motivational Work

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

  Mahalia Jackson

  Bills

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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!

  Mahalia Jackson

  Long, Singing, Important

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• 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, Song, Feelings

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

  Mahalia Jackson

  Real, Jazz, One Thing

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• A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang with their whole body... Their music was so strong and expressive, it used to bring tears to my eyes.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Music, Strong, Eye

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

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  Worry, Pearls, Too Much

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

  Mahalia Jackson

  Benefits, Ifs

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• Blues are the songs of despair.

  Mahalia Jackson

  Song, Despair

  Mahalia Jackson, Evan McLeod Wylie (1966). “Movin' on Up”, New York : Hawthorn Books

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

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  Experts, Jazz, Rhythm

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

  Mahalia Jackson

  Stars, Hollywood, Bowls

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

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  Mahalia Jackson, Evan McLeod Wylie (1966). “Movin' on Up”, New York : Hawthorn Books

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

  Mahalia Jackson

  Records, Trouble, Too Short

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