When I come out of my dressing room, I go to my heart and say a little prayer and go out on stage. There I am, coming to lift you up and to motivate you. I want to bring joy. It's gospel, and gospel is the truth. It's what I do. I'm going to bring you the truth and lift up your spirit.
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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.
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My high-school a cappella teacher would embarrass me in front of the choir. 'Mavis, you're in the basement. Mavis, you're singing with the boys.' I said, 'Mr. Finch, my voice isn't soprano. I can't sing up there with the girls.' So I just got out of the choir.
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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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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'm just singing what I feel in my heart.
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If you don't get out among the people, how are you going to know what they need to hear about?
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The devil ain't got no music. All music is God's music.
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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.
