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title: "13 Mahalia Jackson Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 13 Mahalia Jackson quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Mahalia Jackson sayings and thoughts."
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> [Mahalia Jackson, I grew up around the corner from in Chicago.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nichelle-nichols/mahalia-jackson-i-grew-up-around-the-corner-from-in-chicago/)

[Nichelle Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nichelle-nichols/)

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> [Oh boy, I grew up hearing Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Mahalia Jackson, sitting on Mahalia Jackson's lap in my dad's church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merry-clayton/oh-boy-i-grew-up-hearing-sam-cooke-the-soul-stirrers-mahalia-jackson/)

[Merry Clayton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merry-clayton/)

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> [Growing up in Cleveland, I learned about singing from my mother, who had once sung professionally and who admired Mahalia Jackson and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-chapman/growing-up-in-cleveland-i-learned-about-singing-from-my-mother-who/)

[Tracy Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-chapman/)

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> [The reason we probably started dating is because I knew who Mahalia Jackson was. Derek's like, 'What? You do?' I was like,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-tedeschi/the-reason-we-probably-started-dating-is-because-i-knew-who-mahalia/)

[Susan Tedeschi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-tedeschi/)

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> [Gospel music was very prevalent in my house. My mother also loved Nat King Cole. That was some of the first music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-porter/gospel-music-was-very-prevalent-in-my-house-my-mother-also-loved-nat/)

[Gregory Porter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-porter/)

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> [I grew up in St. Louis in a tiny house full of large music - Mahalia Jackson and Marian Anderson singing majestically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-shihab-nye/i-grew-up-in-st-louis-in-a-tiny-house-full-of-large-music-mahalia/)

[Naomi Shihab Nye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-shihab-nye/)

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> [As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/as-a-child-i-always-wanted-to-be-a-singer-the-music-my-mother-played/)

[Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/)

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> [My role models came in my imagination, from what I'd heard on the radio or on record... Vera Lynn I loved, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-durham/my-role-models-came-in-my-imagination-from-what-i-d-heard-on-the/)

[Judith Durham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-durham/)

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> [I grew up with music in the house. I was told I could sing as soon as I started talking. Everybody in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tracy-chapman/i-grew-up-with-music-in-the-house-i-was-told-i-could-sing-as-soon-as/)

[Tracy Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tracy-chapman/)

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> [The singer who really opened the door for me was Sarah Vaughan. But I listen to so much music, especially when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dianne-reeves/the-singer-who-really-opened-the-door-for-me-was-sarah-vaughan-but-i/)

[Dianne Reeves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dianne-reeves/)

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> [When I am chopping trees out in the woods because I heat my house with wood, I feel myself right in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-seeger/when-i-am-chopping-trees-out-in-the-woods-because-i-heat-my-house/)

[Pete Seeger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-seeger/)

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> [Yes, I heard my people singing!-in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-robeson/yes-i-heard-my-people-singing-in-the-glow-of-parlor-coal-stove-and-on/)

[Paul Robeson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-robeson/)

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> [“1963 March on Washington. Mahalia Jackson sang a triumphant “How I Got Over,” recalling the storefront singer of her youth and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-heilbut/1963-march-on-washington-mahalia-jackson-sang-a-triumphant-how-i-got/)

[Anthony Heilbut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-heilbut/)

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