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title: "1 Ad Lib Quotes By Mahalia Jackson"
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> [I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/i-don-t-worry-too-much-about-the-script-i-just-ad-lib-like-pearl/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

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## More by Mahalia Jackson

> [Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/do-you-know-most-of-the-jewish-songs-have-the-same-trend-of-sadness/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/the-mind-and-the-voice-by-themselves-are-not-sufficient/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet and sang…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/a-great-influence-in-my-life-was-the-sanctified-or-holiness-churches/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [The trouble with records is that they're too short.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/the-trouble-with-records-is-that-they-re-too-short/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/i-ll-come-to-any-benefit-if-i-see-sclc-get-all-the-money/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/god-can-make-you-anything-you-want-to-be-but-you-have-to-put/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/how-can-you-sing-of-amazing-grace-and-all-god-s-wonders-without-using/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/gospel-songs-are-the-songs-of-hope-when-you-sing-gospel-you-have-the/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/if-you-believe-in-god-he-will-open-the-windows-of-heaven-and-pour/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [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?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/how-can-you-sing-of-amazing-grace-how-can-you-sing-prayerfully-of/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/anybody-that-sings-the-blues-is-in-a-deep-pit-yelling-for-help/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/time-is-important-to-me-because-i-want-to-sing-long-enough-to-leave-a/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/someday-the-sun-is-going-to-shine-down-on-me-in-some-faraway-place/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had left behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/gospel-music-in-those-days-of-the-early-1930s-was-really-taking-wing/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

> [Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahalia-jackson/faith-and-prayer-are-the-vitamins-of-the-soul-man-cannot-live-in/)

[Mahalia Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahalia-jackson/)

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