Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals? – Mahalia Jackson
The old Devil gets mad when you’re trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks. – 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
If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you. – 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
The Lord doesn’t like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so. – Mahalia Jackson
Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. – Mahalia Jackson
God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands. – Mahalia Jackson
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that’s what the jazz experts say. – Mahalia Jackson
Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don’t talk skin to me. – Mahalia Jackson