We 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 StaplesI never sang for a Grammy, for money, for fame. That's my whole purpose for singing: for people, for the fans.
Mavis Staples