Mary J. Blige Quotes
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Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.
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Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
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Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
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I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.
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I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.
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When you know what pain is, and when you have to make a choice, you learn that it is a decision. People think it's a fairytale thing, love and happiness, but you have to work hard. And then - you feel it deeply.
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I like French fries; I like mashed. I love potatoes.
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God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.
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When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader.
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I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.
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I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.'
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I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.
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When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.
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I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.
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I do consider myself part of black history.
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So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.
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Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!
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The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.
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There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.
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I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'
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You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.
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'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.
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My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block.
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Believe in yourself when nobody else does.