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

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• Mahalia Jackson:

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

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  I hope to bring people to God with my songs.

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  I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.

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  Money just draws flies.

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  My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.

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• Mahalia Jackson:

  Put your mind on the gospel. And remember - there's one God for all.

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

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  The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because