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.
Mavis StaplesI'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
Mavis StaplesIf I wasn't my age, I would turn a flip. I would do some cartwheels. That's how I feel.
Mavis StaplesWe 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.
Mavis Staples