Mary J. Blige quotes - page 2

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. (Mary J. Blige)
I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance. View quote
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Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen. View quote
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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.' View quote
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As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. View quote
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Sometimes I frown and I don't realise it. View quote
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Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it. View quote
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The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things. View quote
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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. View quote
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In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me. View quote
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Believe in yourself when nobody else does. (Mary J. Blige)
It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile. View quote
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I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'. View quote
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I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you. View quote
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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. View quote
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You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant. View quote
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It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don't even understand what you're reading in your contract. (Mary J. Blige)
I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does. View quote
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I listen to gospel music. View quote
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I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. View quote
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As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage. View quote
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