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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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Mavis Staples
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: July 10
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The Devil is a liar. He cannot win. And that's all we're seeing is a bunch of devils [Donald Trump]. So we have to pray and just look out for one another. Keep your chest out, stick your head up and walk tall.
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I'm just singing what I feel in my heart.
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I started writing letters home to my mother, saying that I wanted to come home, grandma won't let me sing.
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My uncle was 16, in junior high, and he heard me singing and snatched me off the stage. I thought he was happy and was going to pat me on the head and say I was good. But he took me home and told my grandmother this youngin' was at school singing the blues.
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If I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.
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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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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.
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I have to pinch myself sometimes. It's unbelievable, but it's not. Because I know that this would not be happening if it hadn't been for Dr. Martin Luther King.
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My purpose: to lift your spirit and to motivate you.
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Well Lord, I'm still on the case. I'm still doing what Dr. King and Pops want me to do. I'm still on that freedom highway, and I'm going to walk on it until Dr. King's dream is realized.
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There is a great feeling in a small venue, with the closeness of the people and the intimacy.
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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.
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Music is such a joy, just an absolute joy.
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Whenever somebody tells me they want me to stop singing, I'm gone.
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We enjoyed the fact that we were called to the folk festivals and we got to know Joan Baez, Dylan. We were singing strictly gospel, but then after we started hearing songs that they would sing, we saw that those songs were very fitting for us because they were singing the truth, and truth is gospel.
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I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.
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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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