Mahalia Jackson

Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.

If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.

How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?

I think that most people believe that Russia, because of its - it has regained some of its military strength. And they do rattle the saber a bit. It wants to be a player.

The blessing that this film business has given me is that when I walk into a school I automatically have everyone's attention. They want to hear what the guy from 'Con Air' and 'Desperado' has to say.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.