Top 25 Quotes by Mavis Staples

About Mavis Staples

These are some quotes by American author Mavis Staples Musician, who was born on July 10, 1939.

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.

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.

Mavis Staples

I get my voice from my mother's side of the family. My mother and my grandmother both had strong voices.

I get my voice from my mother's side of the family. My mother and my grandmother both had strong voices.

Mavis Staples

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.

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

I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.

I feel so good singing songs that I sang with my father.

Mavis Staples

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.

Mavis Staples

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