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" One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it. "
Mahalia Jackson
You
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" 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. "
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" Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me. "
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" The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so. "
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" I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better. "
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" Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope. "
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" God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands. "
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" How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands? "
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" Without a song, each day would be a century. "
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" Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. "
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" Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals? "
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" I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey. "
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Much
" If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check. "
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Better
" 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! "
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Important
Time
" The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient. "
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Voice
Sufficient
" My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me. "
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Body
Within
Say
" They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills. "
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Soon
Started
" Money just draws flies. "
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Flies
" I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money. "
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Money
See
" Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help. "
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" Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking. "
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" Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all. "
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" Everybody needs somebody. "
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