Author: Mavis Staples

Quotes

I get my voice from my mother's side of the family. My mother and my grandmother both had strong voices.

I get my voice from my mother's side of the family. My mother and my grandmother both had strong voices.

- Mavis Staples

My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.

My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.

- Mavis Staples

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.

- Mavis Staples

The best music of my life I heard at my grandmother's church, this little wooden church up on a hill.

The best music of my life I heard at my grandmother's church, this little wooden church up on a hill.

- Mavis Staples

We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on.

We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on.

- Mavis Staples

Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.

Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.

- Mavis Staples

Pops, he was a singer's singer. I loved to hear my father sing. He just was so laid-back and cool. I always wished I could sing like Pops.

Pops, he was a singer's singer. I loved to hear my father sing. He just was so laid-back and cool. I always wished I could sing like Pops.

- Mavis Staples

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.

- Mavis Staples

It's been an amazing life. It's really just been the most magical thing for me - and I have these musical friends from all walks of life.

It's been an amazing life. It's really just been the most magical thing for me - and I have these musical friends from all walks of life.

- Mavis Staples

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