Mavis Staples Quotes
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I just wasn't one of those girls who dreamt of her wedding day and the birth of her first child.
— Sarah Jessica Parker
Hope was a dangerous thing, I knew, but it didn't stop your heart from latching on to it like a life raft.
— Karina Halle
I would get in fights a lot. My voice was so heavy, kids would say you sound like a boy, so I would start beating them up.
— 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.
— Mavis Staples
I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.
— Mavis Staples
My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.
— Mavis Staples
One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.
— Mavis Staples
I was not fortunate enough to run into Obama. We were at the same church per se, but I would never be there when he was there.
— Mavis Staples
Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.
— Mavis Staples
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.
— Mavis Staples
There's still injustice happening in my world. I sing my songs at concerts and I'm so grateful that the people are ready to hear them.
— Mavis Staples
There are songs that I have to play!
— Mavis Staples
A slave is but half a man.
— Aristophanes
The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout.
— Julio Cortazar
The devil ain't got no music. All music is God's music.
— Mavis Staples
I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.
— 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.
— 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.
— Mavis Staples
If you don't get out among the people, how are you going to know what they need to hear about?
— Mavis Staples
If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.
— Mavis Staples
I can't just turn over and sing disco or rock.
— Mavis Staples
I get my voice from my mother's side of the family. My mother and my grandmother both had strong voices.
— Mavis Staples
Trust me. The older you get, the scarier the world gets to be.
— Sharon M. Draper
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
The best music of my life I heard at my grandmother's church, this little wooden church up on a hill.
— Mavis Staples
I'm old enough to be Obama's grandmom. But I still like seeing good-looking things. Nothing wrong with that.
— Mavis Staples
I never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.
— Mavis Staples
There is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy.
— Mavis Staples
I sang with my father for over 50 years, and now all of a sudden he's gone, and I just dropped out.
— Mavis Staples
I'm just singing what I feel in my heart.
— Mavis Staples
I have fun just about everywhere I go.
— Mavis Staples