We stay strong. We stay positive, keep our heads up, love one another, spread love. The Devil can't win when you have God on your side.
Mavis StaplesI never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.
Mavis StaplesMy uncle was 16, in junior high, and he heard me singing and snatched me off the stage. I thought he was happy and was going to pat me on the head and say I was good. But he took me home and told my grandmother this youngin' was at school singing the blues.
Mavis Staples