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Mahalia Jackson

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I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better.


— Mahalia Jackson


#close #eyes #feel #i #i can

I don't worry too much about the script, I just ad lib, like Pearl Bailey.


— Mahalia Jackson


#ad #bailey #i #just #lib

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


#check #christmas #feeling #locate #me

One thing about playing the real jazz is that you can't count it.


— Mahalia Jackson


#count #jazz #one thing #playing #real

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


— Mahalia Jackson


#asking #god #know #something #sometimes

The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.


— Mahalia Jackson


#sufficient #themselves #voice

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.


— Mahalia Jackson


#devil #gets #god #good #mad

The trouble with records is that they're too short.


— Mahalia Jackson


#short #too #trouble

They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills.


— Mahalia Jackson


#i #paying #soon #started #success

This is the place to see the stars - Hollywood Bowl.


— Mahalia Jackson


#hollywood #place #see #stars






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Did you know about Mahalia Jackson?

By this time Mahalia Jackson had also become a familiar face to British television viewers as a result of short films of her performing that were occasionally shown. Jackson said Mahalia Jackson hoped her music could “break down some of the hate and fear that divide the white and black people in this country”. Several aunts and cousins lived in the house as well.

"I sing God's music because it makes me feel free" Jackson once said about her choice of gospel adding "It gives me hope. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". Mahalia Jackson (pron.

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