Mavis Staples will celebrate her 85th birthday in Inglewood
Briefly

"At the end of last year, I was talking about retiring," Staples said. "But after sitting with it for a while, I stopped myself and thought, 'Well, what would I do?' I asked the Lord, 'Why am I still here? What do you want of me? Have you kept me around for a reason?' And the only reason I could see is to sing my songs. That's why I'm still here, and I'm looking forward to this show with my friends singing my songs, too!"
Read at Los Angeles Times
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