Quotes from Mahalia Jackson

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

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

Everybody needs somebody.

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

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

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

Money just draws flies.

Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.

Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.

Gospel music is nothing but singing of good tidings -- spreading the good news. It will last as long as any music because it is sung straight from the human heart.

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

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

How can you sing of Amazing Grace? How can you sing prayerfully of heaven and earth and all God's wonders without using your hands?

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

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

If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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