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… — 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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
I always want to be a messenger, a person that, you know, that's not afraid to pass on wisdom. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's… — 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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
I don't want no drama in my life, even though we have a little bit, but no more letting people control you.… — 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
I didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my tough girl… — 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
When you wake up and learn to love yourself and want to take care of yourself, things are harder because people don't… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
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 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
I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha… — 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 just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
That's the message I want to give to every up-and-coming artist: Do everything that is going to help you later. If you… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
People know what they see but they don't know what's happening inside. If you want to know who you are and how… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share Image
My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the… — 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
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
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
Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it. — Mary J. Blige Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
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… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share
God loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when… — Mary J. Blige Copy Share
