Quotes by Mahalia Jackson

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Gospel singer · American · 1911–1972

American gospel singer (1911–1972)

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Popular Quotes

“Money just draws flies.”

“Everybody needs somebody.”

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

“Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.”

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

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

Common Themes

“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.”

— Mahalia Jackson

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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

Song Me Meaning

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

— Mahalia Jackson

Strength Blessed You

“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.”

— Mahalia Jackson

Money Easy You

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

— Mahalia Jackson

Faith Blessings Believe

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

— Mahalia Jackson

Know You Asking

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

— Mahalia Jackson

Health Man Soul

“Money just draws flies.”

— Mahalia Jackson

Just Flies Draws

“Everybody needs somebody.”

— Mahalia Jackson

Needs Somebody Everybody

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

— Mahalia Jackson

mornings

“Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.”

— Mahalia Jackson

right

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

— Mahalia Jackson

Blues Despair Gospel