Mahalia Jackson Quotes

Life is a song to me.

I love to have fun when I do a song.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

There are so many things to be worried about, and I wanted to make a record that people could put on, and it would lift them up the way the sun did for me each day.

Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night.

I sing about life.

Music is the most amount of joy or good I can do in the world.

A song is a burden that you carry happily.

Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy.

Music brings life to my soul.

To me, everything is wonderful. Life is wonderful.

You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle. I have adopted the technique of living life miracle to miracle.

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music.

I believe in the power of song. Under the spell of the right song, passion is within reach, love is close by, and you are not alone!

Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.

I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live.

I can't imagine life without singing.

After a decade this glum, we deserved a shot of 'Glee,' a show that restored our faith in the power of song, the beauty of dance, and the magic of 'spirit fingers' to chase our cares and woes into somebody else's backyard.

I can't imagine a world without music.

I wish that people could understand that people need to laugh. They need to sing. They need to create their own joie de vivre.

Music makes me love life, and without it, I don't know if I'd be happy.

The world of Stevie Wonder - in particular, the kind of overflowing joy that exists in every single thing I've ever heard him do, every note he sings - that is so deeply inspiring to me in every way.

I sing because it takes, for a brief second, it takes a little from my past, and just in that moment, I'm just happy and I'm glad to be who I am. That's the reason why.

We all know what it means to be sung to. And poetry is very close to that.