Singing Quote by Mahalia Jackson Download Open image “Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help.” — Mahalia Jackson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Singing Yelling
People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about… — Alberta Hunter Copy Share Image
When we sing the blues, we're singin' out our hearts, we're singing out our feelings. Maybe we're hurt and just can't answer back, then… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical… — B. B. King Copy Share Image
It's never hard to sing the blues. Everyone in the world has the blues . . . — John Lee Hooker Copy Share Image
The blues? Why, the blues are a part of me. They're like a chant. The blues are like spirituals, almost sacred. When we sing… — Alberta Hunter Copy Share Image
See, that's nothing but blues, that's all I'm singing about. It's today's blues. — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
We are trying to prove that the blues lives on forever and anybody in this place can sing the blues. — Ruth Brown Copy Share Image
The blues is deceptively simple. Verse and chorus. Sometimes not even a chorus. Four bars that repeat, no Auto-Tune, electricity optional. It is the… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
I think that the blues is in everything, so it's not possible to neglect it. You hear somebody go 'Ooh ooh oooh,' and that's… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
A lot of blues music seems like it's moving away from God, or the center, and Gospel music is moving towards it. It's embracing… — Dion DiMucci 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
Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I started out dancing on a reality TV show, but always with the intention of making my way over to film. I transitioned into… — Julianne Hough Copy Share Image
There has always been a feeling with people that they love my singing but not always the choice of material. — Alison Moyet Copy Share Image
It definitely helps to have the acting experience going into singing, because when you're singing, you have to portray the emotion you were feeling… — Ryan Newman Copy Share Image
I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
Singing is the love of my life, but I was ready to give it all up because I couldn't handle people talking about how… — Stevie Nicks Copy Share Image
When I'm on a stage, it's just me, singing a song with words that I wrote and I believe in. And if I don't… — Lucy Dacus Copy Share Image
I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which… — Adam DeVine Copy Share Image
If I had to choose a song to listen to before I died, it would be Simone singing Começar de novo. — Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira Copy Share Image
It's shocking when someone who is really bad thinks they're really good. It's heartbreaking, because singing is such a vulnerable thing to do. — Anna Camp Copy Share Image
I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to spirituals. And… — Kathleen Battle Copy Share Image
When I pitched the show, I made this special seashell. You could pick it up and hear me singing, 'Spongeboy, Spongeboy!' I also made… — Stephen Hillenburg Copy Share Image
