{"author":"Mahalia Jackson","author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson","total_quotes":12,"quotes":[{"text":"Man has no nobler function than to defend the truth.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["right"],"id":43534,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"Gospel music is nothing but singing of good tidings -- spreading the good news. It will last as long as any music because it is sung straight from the human heart.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["activist","christianity","civil-rights","good-news","gospel-music","heart","human-heart","music","singing","tidings","women"],"id":62839,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["faith","blessings","believe "],"id":84643,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"Money just draws flies.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["just","flies","draws "],"id":193967,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["song","me","meaning "],"id":222198,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["know","you","asking "],"id":265652,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"You're blessed if you have the strength to work.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["strength","blessed","you "],"id":288828,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"Someday the sun is going to shine down on me in some faraway place.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["mornings"],"id":290571,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope.","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["blues","despair","gospel "],"id":353109,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"},{"text":"Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul man cannot live in health without them. ","author":"Mahalia Jackson","tags":["health","man","soul "],"id":353948,"author_id":"Mahalia+Jackson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}