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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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Cure
Feeling
Wrong
One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.
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Jazz
Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.
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God
Mind
Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.
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God
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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Dance
Glory
The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
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Mind
Voice
The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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God
Devil
Old
Trying
Will
The trouble with records is that they're too short.
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Trouble
My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
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Body
Feet
When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
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Nothing
Rest
They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.
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Success
Thought
Without a song, each day would be a century.
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Day
Song
You're blessed if you have the strength to work.
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Work
Strength
Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.
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Deep
Help
Singing
This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.
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Hollywood
Stars