Mahalia Jackson Quotes

• You’re blessed if you have the strength to work.

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

• When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what’s wrong.

  Mahalia Jackson

• When you are through with the blues, you’ve got nothing to rest on.

  Mahalia Jackson

• 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

• This is the place to see the stars – Hollywood Bowl.

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

• The trouble with records is that they’re too short.

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

• Put your mind on the gospel. And remember – there’s one God for all.

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

• Money just draws flies.

  Mahalia Jackson

• 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

• 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

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

  Mahalia Jackson

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

  Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson (33)

Birth:	26th October, 1911
Death:	27th January, 1972
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Singer

About

Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". She recorded about 30 albums during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"—million-sellers.

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