Words matter. These are the best Mavis Staples Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
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.
I’ve got to sing for Pops; I’ve got to keep my father’s legacy alive because he started all of this. So I started calling people, and nobody would give me a chance, but I didn’t let that stop me. I took money out the bank and I started making me a record, and I did it in this guy’s basement.
The devil ain’t got no music. All music is God’s music.
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.
Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.
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 have fun just about everywhere I go.
If you don’t get out among the people, how are you going to know what they need to hear about?
The kids today have these fresh faces. It’s like they’re on pins and needles, waiting to see what I’m going to do. They’ve never seen me. In the 1960s, those were hippies. They were wired up already. The kids today know me because I’ve worked with Jeff Tweedy and other young producers.
There are songs that I have to play!
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.
I’m just singing what I feel in my heart.
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.
Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I’m gone.
