--- title: "1 Like Sing Quotes By Mary J. Blige" description: "1 Like Sing quotes by Mary J. Blige. Plus more from Mary J. Blige and more Like Sing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/mary-j-blige-2311_fashion_the-fact-is-that-everyone-at-the-labels_362910.png" --- > [The fact is that everyone at the labels wants to do what everyone else is doing. You have to look like her; you have to be like her; you have to sing like her, and no one can express themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/the-fact-is-that-everyone-at-the-labels-wants-to-do-what-everyone/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/mary-j-blige-2311_fashion_the-fact-is-that-everyone-at-the-labels_362910.png) ## More by Mary J. Blige > [I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/i-still-get-nervous-about-singing-i-drink-tea-with-honey-and-lemon/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/i-never-do-any-album-to-beat-it-i-do-it-to-extend-it/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [When you wake up and learn to love yourself and want to take care of yourself, things are harder because people don't like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/when-you-wake-up-and-learn-to-love-yourself-and-want-to-take-care-of/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [I do consider myself part of black history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/i-do-consider-myself-part-of-black-history/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/you-can-t-get-around-pain-and-opposition-but-you-can-try-to-be-joyful/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/once-you-climb-to-another-level-you-have-to-figure-out-how-to-sustain/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/i-care-about-me-now-when-i-didn-t-care-about-me-i-was-like-why-is/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [I don't think there's anything they can say about me that I haven't said about myself already. And I would be an absolute total…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/i-don-t-think-there-s-anything-they-can-say-about-me-that-i-haven-t/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/i-can-tell-you-i-didn-t-feel-good-when-i-could-not-articulate/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/my-responsibility-to-god-is-to-live-that-s-the-gift-he-gave-me-what-i/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/there-are-people-out-there-who-want-to-provoke-me-and-bring-back-the/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/the-music-business-is-really-really-small-the-real-music-is-becoming/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/for-the-first-time-in-my-life-i-m-proud-of-myself/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/if-you-re-looking-for-inner-peace-from-the-outside-world-you-re-not/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) > [God loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/god-loves-me-and-sent-his-son-to-die-for-me-so-i-have-to-live-to/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like-sing/mary-j-blige/#itemlist", "name": "1 Like Sing Quotes By Mary J. Blige", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The fact is that everyone at the labels wants to do what everyone else is doing. 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