I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good,… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your… — 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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
You have to create different things, either through lighting or changing the format of the songs and how you're going to sing… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
You have to have a plan. Everything has to be planned. For me, I start with the title of my album, before… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
When I'm going to do a Christmas album I had to put my mind in Christmas mode. I had to go back… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
The fact is that everyone at the labels wants to do what everyone else is doing. You have to look like her;… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life. — 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
