41 Mahalia Jackson Quotes

Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer.

Mahalia was blessed to be named 'The Queen Of Gospel' because of her amazing grace and voice. She had faith and was renowned globally as a singer and human rights activist.

Mahalia Jackson was one of the first gospel singers to perform outside churches starting in the '40s, where she attracted audiences and sold millions of albums. Full of courage, she promoted hope and persistence in society.

Brilliant Mahalia Jackson Quotes

(These Mahalia Jackson quotes below are filled with God's wonders.)

Want brilliant quotes by Mahalia Jackson? Here is a compilation of her quotes.

"It's 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."

"The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so."

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

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

"Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me."

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

"My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me."

"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 Quotes About Music

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Music can be the best way to heal one's sorrows and pains and it soothes both mind and body. Below are some Mahalia Jackson quotes about music.

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

"Without a song, each day would be a century."

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

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

"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."

"I sing God's music because it makes me feel free. It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues."

"Gospel songs are the songs of hope. When you sing gospel you have the feeling there is a cure for what's wrong, but when you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on."

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

"I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better."

"Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had left behind them down South and they liked it because it was just like a letter from home."

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

"Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help."

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

Mahalia Jackson Quotes About Life

In life, you need to strive hard and achieve your goals. No person is perfect. Hence, this quote list is one of the best you can get for your health.

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

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

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

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

"The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient."

"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?"

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

"Now Lord don't move my mountain

But give me the strength to climb

And Lord, don't take away my stumbling blocks

But lead me all around."

Mahalia Jackson Quotes

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"Everybody needs somebody."

"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."

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

"The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks."

"If you dig one ditch you better dig two cause the trap you set just may be for you."

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

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

"If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love."

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

"Money just draws flies."

"Precious Lord, take my hand Lead me on, let me stand I am tired, I am weak, I am worn Through the storm, through the night Lead me on through the light."

“Take my hand, precious Lord And lead me home When my way grows dreary Precious Lord, lead me near When my life is almost gone At the river I will stand Guide my feet, hold my hand Take my hand, precious Lord And lead me home.”