A great influence in my life was the sanctified or Holiness churches...Everybody in there sang and they clapped and stomped heir feet… — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
Gospel songs are the songs of hope. When you sing gospel you have the feeling there is a cure for what's wrong,… — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had… — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say. — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope. — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
I sing God's music because it makes me feel free. It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still… — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals? — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands. — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands? — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you. — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
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? — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
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… — Mahalia Jackson Copy Share Image
