- I had seen Roberta Martin and Mahalia Jackson. I wanted to stand up before audiences and deliver the message, win souls for Christ. I wanted to touch dying men and slipping women.
- [on not retiring from singing] I must say, I'm still here, and believe me when I say it, it's been a wonderful life serving the Lord and His people through song.
- [on touring churches] We would put five to six dollars in the gas tank, drive all the way to New York or Mississippi. We would pack into one car, nobody had a problem with it either. We would probably make $150 singing, but we would share our rewards and the money would pay a lot of bills back then.
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