I suffered from self hatred so much. It's like I didn't want to look like that any more. I didn't to feel like that any more. It had to be another way. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
