--- title: "1 Family Strongest Quotes By Mavis Staples" description: "1 Family Strongest quotes by Mavis Staples. Plus more from Mavis Staples and more Family Strongest sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/mavis-staples-15566_always_pops-always-taught-us-that-family-is-the_2491764.png" --- > [Pops always taught us that family is the strongest unit in the world. If you stick with your family, nobody can break you, nobody can harm you. You'll always have your family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/pops-always-taught-us-that-family-is-the-strongest-unit-in-the-world/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/mavis-staples-15566_always_pops-always-taught-us-that-family-is-the_2491764.png) ## More by Mavis Staples > [I can't just turn over and sing disco or rock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/i-can-t-just-turn-over-and-sing-disco-or-rock/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/one-day-when-i-was-about-eight-years-old-some-kids-pushed-me-on-stage/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [The devil ain't got no music. All music is God's music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/the-devil-ain-t-got-no-music-all-music-is-god-s-music/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [I was not fortunate enough to run into Obama. We were at the same church per se, but I would never be there when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/i-was-not-fortunate-enough-to-run-into-obama-we-were-at-the-same/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/i-started-writing-letters-home-to-my-mother-saying-that-i-wanted-to/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [My high-school a cappella teacher would embarrass me in front of the choir. 'Mavis, you're in the basement. Mavis, you're singing with the boys.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/my-high-school-a-cappella-teacher-would-embarrass-me-in-front-of-the/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [We enjoyed the fact that we were called to the folk festivals and we got to know Joan Baez, Dylan. We were singing strictly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/we-enjoyed-the-fact-that-we-were-called-to-the-folk-festivals-and-we/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [If you don't get out among the people, how are you going to know what they need to hear about?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/if-you-don-t-get-out-among-the-people-how-are-you-going-to-know-what/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [I'm just singing what I feel in my heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/i-m-just-singing-what-i-feel-in-my-heart/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [I have fun just about everywhere I go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/i-have-fun-just-about-everywhere-i-go/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/my-purpose-to-lift-your-spirit-and-to-motivate-you/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [It's been an amazing life. It's really just been the most magical thing for me - and I have these musical friends from all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/it-s-been-an-amazing-life-it-s-really-just-been-the-most-magical/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [There are songs that I have to play!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/there-are-songs-that-i-have-to-play/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/i-feel-so-good-singing-songs-that-i-sang-with-my-father/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) > [I've got to sing for Pops; I've got to keep my father's legacy alive because he started all of this. So I started calling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mavis-staples/i-ve-got-to-sing-for-pops-i-ve-got-to-keep-my-father-s-legacy-alive/) [Mavis Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mavis-staples/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family-strongest/mavis-staples/#itemlist", "name": "1 Family Strongest Quotes By Mavis Staples", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Pops always taught us that family is the strongest unit in the world. If you stick with your family, nobody can break you, nobody can harm you. 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