"They thought I was a success as soon as I started paying the bills." ― Mahalia Jackson Topic(s): Travel More From Mahalia Jackson "It is easy to be independent when you’ve got money. But to be independent when you haven’t got a thing, that’s the Lord’s test." "Sometimes you ask God for something and you don’t know what you’re asking." "Blues are the songs of despair, but gospel songs are the songs of hope." More In Travel "Travel is the most private of pleasures. There is no greater bore than the travel bore. We do not in the least want to hear what he has seen in Hong Kong."― Vita Sackville-West "The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made."― Matt Lucas "Being in Blur has allowed me to travel and hear the music that’s being made all over the world."― Damon Albarn