Mahalia Jackson

Gospel music is nothing but singing of good tidings -- spreading the good news. It will last as long as any music because it is sung straight from the human heart.

Everybody needs somebody.

Money just draws flies.

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul man cannot live in health without them.

Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.

If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

You're blessed if you have the strength to work.

If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.

Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.

Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.

Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.