Quotes by Mahalia Jackson

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

“Its easy to be independent when youve got money. But to be independent when you havent got a thing -- thats the Lords test.”

“God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.”

“Time is important to me because I want to sing long enough to leave a message. Im used to singing in churches where nobody would dare stop me until the Lord arrives!”

“Anybody that sings the blues is in a deep pit, yelling for help.”

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.

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

Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.

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

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

Youre blessed if you have the strength to work.

It is easy to be independent when youve got money. But to be independent when you havent got a thing, thats the Lords test.

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

Sometimes you ask God for something and you dont know what youre asking.

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

Money just draws flies.

Everybody needs somebody.