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I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.
Mahalia Jackson
Eyes
Song
Money just draws flies.
Mahalia Jackson
Money
Flies
Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.
Mahalia Jackson
Hope
Despair
Songs
Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
Mahalia Jackson
Sadness
Songs
Everybody needs somebody.
Mahalia Jackson
Needs
Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.
Mahalia Jackson
Faith
Health
Soul
Man
Prayer
God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.
Mahalia Jackson
God
Want
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
Mahalia Jackson
Music
African
Experts
Jazz
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
Time
Churches
Singing
Want
Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me.
Mahalia Jackson
Baby
Skin
Talk
Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.
Mahalia Jackson
Deep
Help
I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.
Mahalia Jackson
Worry
I hope to bring people to God with my songs.
Mahalia Jackson
God
People
Hope
Songs
I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
Mahalia Jackson
Money
If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
Mahalia Jackson
God
Blessings
Heaven
Open
Will
Windows