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" As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday. "

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" As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage. "

" There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong. "

" When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school. "

" There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short. "

Life Is Too Short

" It's OK showing yourself some love. "

" I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real. "

" 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 be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J. Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it, too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it. "

" Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it. "

" 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 liar, and my fans would not respect me, if I said that my life and my marriage are perfect. But we absolutely love each other; we have fun together - it's great. "

" Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial! "

" So many people are like, 'I'm perfect.' I'm so imperfect; that's why I'm able to let everything out and let people see everything. 'Cause I'm just a mess like every other person that's a mess out there. "

" Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do. "

" I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest. "

" My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block. "

" When I was little, like 7 to 15, there was nothing I wanted to do but go to church and go to school. "

" I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children. "

" I've been praying to God to show me how to forgive myself. Because... maybe... that's the thing I've been searching for. "

" I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper. "

" I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me. "

" When life is real, it's not going to be smooth. "

" If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. "

" No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can only do what Mary J. Blige can do, so that relaxes me right there, and it gets me out of the competition and that whole thing. "

" I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. "

" Yonkers made me strong and made me believe in myself, because so many people would doubt you and not believe. There are people that would believe in you, but the environment was so harsh, nobody wanted you to get out, you know? "

" I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I'm seeing how knowledge can elevate you. "

" When someone comes up to me and says, 'Mary, you helped save my marriage', or, 'Mary, you helped me get out of this abusive relationship', I'm in it, really in their lives. And I'm so passionate about my feelings, but also about showing people the way through theirs. "

" I can go out raw with nothing, and my fans would still be happy, but I feel that I owe it to them to give them almost like a Broadway musical at this point in my life. I have to give them something more, so I do have to think of different ways to do it. "