Mahalia Jackson

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

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

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

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

Money just draws flies.

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.

I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

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

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

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

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

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

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