“Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.”
Mahalia Jackson“Everybody needs somebody.”
Mahalia Jackson“Money just draws flies.”
Mahalia Jackson“Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul man cannot live in health without them. ”
Mahalia Jackson“Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.”
Mahalia Jackson“If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.”
Mahalia Jackson“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.”
Mahalia Jackson“You're blessed if you have the strength to work.”
Mahalia Jackson“If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.”
Mahalia Jackson“Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.”
Mahalia Jackson“Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.”
Mahalia Jackson