PEOPLE do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. RALPH WALDO EMERSON
PABLO PICASO————– I PAINT WHAT I THINK, NOT WHAT I SEE.
UNLESS YOUR WORK GIVES YOU TROUBLE, IT IS NO GOOD.
HE CAN THINKS HE CAN, AND HE CAN’T WHO THINKS HE CAN’T. THIS IS AN INEXORABLE, INDISPUTABLE LAW.
LOVE must be proven by facts and not by reasons.
ART IS THE ELIMINATION OF THE UNNECESSARY.
GOOD TASTE IS THE ENEMY OF CREATIVITY.
MAHALIA JACKSON –1911-1972 “The single most powerful woman in the United States” Harry Belafonte
“ALL HER YEARS MAHALIA poured out her soul in song and her heart in service to her people. Millions of ears will miss the sound of the great rich voice making a joyful noise unto the Lord, as she liked to call her work — yet her life story itself sings the gospel message of freedom and will not cease to do so.” Richard Nixon
I HAVE HOPES that my singing will break down some of the hate and fear that divide the white and black people in this country.
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.
WITHOUT A SONG, EACH DAY WOULD BE A CENTURY.
GOD can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands.
GOSPEL SONGS ARE THE SONGS OF HOPE.
BABY, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don’t talk skin to me.
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMEBODY.
IF YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.
THE LORD doesn’t like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so.
I CLOSE MY EYES WHEN I SING SO I CAN FEEL THE SONG BETTER.
THE OLD DEVIL gets mad when you’re trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
THE MIND AND THE VOICE BY THEMSELVES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT.
MY HANDS, MY FEET, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
SOMETIMES you ask God for something and you don’t know what you’re asking.
DO YOU KNOW most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals?
JESUS IS MAGIC!
IF YOU DON’T LIKE LOUIS ARMSTRONG, YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE.
I HOPE TO BRING PEOPLE TO GOD WITH MY SONG.
REMEMBER — THERE’S ONE GOD FOR ALL.