Mary j blige Quotes

18 quotes from 15 authors

Thinking of the women who reshaped modern R&B, Mary J. Blige springs to mind. These 18 excerpts capture her raw honesty, the mix of soulful grit and pop polish, and the sense that her songs feel like both prayer and protest. For fans and scholars alike, they hint at why her voice still reverberates.

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I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.

Robin Thicke

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The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.

Mary J. Blige

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I can't do some of the songs that younger girls like Mary J. Blige and Beyonce are doing. They have their own…

Patti LaBelle

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Hip hop has been an integral part of my life and my whole career. I started off doing videos with Ice Cube,…

F. Gary Gray

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I have a song called 'Decisions' that features Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Common. It's about people who have…

Busta Rhymes

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The only person that I'm really feeling - because she has an identity of her own, even though she has listened to…

Mary J. Blige

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I think the women - Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu - are doing new conceptual things and using their voices…

Boz Scaggs

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One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think…

Chaka Khan

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Mary J. Blige is the Queen Latifah character. Her voice in this movie [Rock of ages] is, she just gives it this…

Adam Shankman

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I love inspirational R&B, like Mary J. Blige and Jennifer Hudson. I want to do that. That kind of music stays with…

Ashthon Jones

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I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and…

Mary J. Blige

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It's a music video but she was real specific on the character that Mary J. Blige was playing, and that I was…

Blair Underwood

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If I could ever be on a Missy Elliott record, I could then die. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige - I love…

Neko Case

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No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can…

Mary J. Blige

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I have a very eclectic iPod. So I've got my cardio people - so it's anything from Beyonce to some Jay-Z to…

Michelle Obama

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Only black people in the whole neighborhood, so let's break it down: Me, I'm a decent comedian, I'm a'ight. Mary J. Blige,…

Chris Rock

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Indeed we have souls. And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're…

Maya Angelou

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And of course these days I feel like there is a nation of us - displaced southerners and children of the working…

Dorothy Allison

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