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Mavis Staples

"My voice is my gift. And Pops had me using it in the right way. I had many offers to sing pop, to sing rhythm and blues. Pops said "Mavis, this record company want to give you a million dollars." I said, "No daddy, I want to sing with the family." And I did. I never wanted to branch out by myself. But I've had to now. It's my mission. I've been left here to do it. And I'm grateful."

Source : "Mavis Staples Interview: Staple Singers, Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King, Jr., and that one time in Memphis". Interview with Ed Masley, www.azcentral.com. March 1, 2017.

Mavis Staples

#Grateful Quotes #Voice Quotes #Daddy Quotes

“Of course, not everything is unsayable in words, only the living truth.”
“The Fates but only spin the coarser clue; The finest of the wool is left for you.”
“I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time.”
“I've seen people wearing clothes that don't look good on them, but they're really loving those clothes and the experience of wearing those clothes. Fine. At the end of the day, it's fashion.”
“I tend to find comedy in dark places. I also tend to find comedy in taking on the status quo - which has always been something I find important.”
“A typical day in the life of a heavy metal musician consists of a round of golf and an AA meeting.”
“Caron, Even though you just got here a few months ago, We've grown so close over these last few weeks And, I can remember, When you first got here, You wrote a piece of paper in my locker... I don't know why I'm crying so much man... You wrote a piece of paper in my locker that said, "KD MVP." And that's after we had lost two or three straight. And I don't really say much in those moments, But I remember that. I go home and I think about that stuff man. When you got people behind you, You can do whatever. And I thank you man, I appreciate you.”

Source : "Behind the best moments of Kevin Durant’s MVP speech" by Jonathan Lehman, nypost.com. May 7, 2014.
“I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I didn't realize that seeing the country was going to inspire me to further explore that... but that's what it did.”

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