Mary J. Blige Quotes
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When I was little, like 7 to 15, there was nothing I wanted to do but go to church and go to school.
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I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.
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I just love food, period.
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You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.
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I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It's the music business. You are a business. That's what they do. So you've got to protect yourself.
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The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.
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When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.
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I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done.
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If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost.
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Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live.
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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.
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If I'm going to be the best in what I do, I have to study what I'm doing, I have to see what I'm doing. I have to see it, I have to hear it. I'm just starting to appreciate myself - not starting, but appreciating myself in a way where I can look at myself back in a movie or listen to myself as much as I do now.
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It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.
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It's OK showing yourself some love.
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I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
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Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.
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I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet.
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My main exercise is cardio. The treadmill is fine, but running outdoors gives me the best results. I try to log 6 to 8 miles a week. I could be in the worst mood, but when I do my cardio, I feel much, much better.
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When someone comes up to me and says, 'Mary, you helped save my marriage', or, 'Mary, you helped me get out of this abusive relationship', I'm in it, really in their lives. And I'm so passionate about my feelings, but also about showing people the way through theirs.
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It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.
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I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing.
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I grew up watching MTV, when Journey was huge, when Pat Benatar had 'Love Is a Battlefield,' and my friends and I used to cut school to watch this woman in the video. We loved Pat Benatar.
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I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life.
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From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up at the Inauguration for the first African-American president, I'm speechless right now because I never thought I'd - I never ever - I couldn't even see that far. Even when I ended up in the music business, I couldn't see that.