Author: Mavis Staples

Quotes

Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.

Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.

- Mavis Staples

I don't know which way I'm going. My next CD might be country, might be Dylan, might be Mick Jagger. I don't know. I love a challenge.

I don't know which way I'm going. My next CD might be country, might be Dylan, might be Mick Jagger. I don't know. I love a challenge.

- Mavis Staples

Pops always taught us that family is the strongest unit in the world. If you stick with your family, nobody can break you, nobody can harm you. You'll always have your family.

Pops always taught us that family is the strongest unit in the world. If you stick with your family, nobody can break you, nobody can harm you. You'll always have your family.

- 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

I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.

I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.

- 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

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

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

- Mavis Staples

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

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