| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30371 |
| QUOTATION: | Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Mahalia Jackson (19111972), U.S. gospel singer, and Evan Mcloud Wylie. Movin On Up, ch. 6, written with Evan McLoud Wylie (1966). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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