Mahalia Jackson Quotes

Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.

— Nichelle Nichols

Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and…

— Tracy Chapman

Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.

— Merry Clayton

Gospel music was very prevalent in my house. My mother also loved Nat King Cole. That was some of the first music…

— Gregory Porter

The reason we probably started dating is because I knew who Mahalia Jackson was. Derek's like, 'What? You do?' I was like,…

— Susan Tedeschi

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha…

— Mary J. Blige

I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically…

— Naomi Shihab Nye

I grew up with music in the house. I was told I could sing as soon as I started talking. Everybody in…

— Tracy Chapman

My role models came in my imagination, from what I'd heard on the radio or on record... Vera Lynn I loved, but…

— Judith Durham

The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I…

— Dianne Reeves

When I am chopping trees out in the woods because I heat my house with wood, I feel myself right in the…

— Pete Seeger

Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft…

— Paul Robeson

“1963 March on Washington. Mahalia Jackson sang a triumphant “How I Got Over,” recalling the storefront singer of her youth and not…

— Anthony Heilbut