Mavis Staples Quotes

One can't change one's life experience, but even if I could, I wouldn't change it because of all the wonderful things that have happened to me.

I have not an ounce of regret. Every link is so valuable in forming the chain that is my life. Who I am today is because of those links, and I wouldn't change any of them.

I am very rich because of 'Chic' - artistically as well as spiritually. It's been an amazing life.

There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.

Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.

So I'm very grateful for everything that has happened in my life.

I have this amazing life.

I've had a very full life, and I've enjoyed it very much. I've learned a great deal and feel indebted to all the people who have worked so hard.

I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

I do not regret one moment of my life.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let's face it, friends make life a lot more fun.

Things have gone beyond my wildest expectations and dreams, and I feel like I've been given so many blessings in my life, between my friendship with the guys in the band, our wonderful audience, being able to play this music, and then my family.

I think I've had an interesting life. I've done films, TV, theatre and got married. I don't have any regrets.

I think I have had so many amazing moments in my life.

With all the highs and lows I've had in my life, I wouldn't change anything. So no, I don't, this is what I'm supposed to be doing.

As for my career, I always said to my kids, 'you don't cry because it's over, you're happy because it happened.'

I have a great family, I live an amazing life.

I wouldn't trade the experiences I've had over the past 36 years for anything.

The popular songs that were written in the 1920s and '30s, '40s and early '50s were written by veterans - mostly men who'd had experience in life. How can you write a lyric if you haven't really lived life?

I look back with the greatest pleasure to the kindness and hospitality I met with in Yorkshire, where I spent some of the happiest years of my life.

My life has been very full.

I have lived a crazy life since I was 16, have travelled the world, and met some amazing people. And if you can turn that into music, then you are doing something right.

I'm grateful for the experiences I've accumulated. Of course, there are certain things you wish were not on anyone's list of life experiences, but it's a life. It's a good life. And I like what's there.

There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.