Mavis Staples Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.”
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“Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.”
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“I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.”
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“I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.”
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“Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I'm gone.”
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“I'm just singing what I feel in my heart.”
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“I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.”
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“We enjoyed the fact that we were called to the folk festivals and we got to know Joan Baez, Dylan. We were singing strictly gospel, but then after we started hearing songs that they would sing, we saw that those songs were very fitting for us because they were singing the truth, and truth is gospel.”
-- Mavis Staples
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