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" I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing. "

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" When you finally understand who you are, ages 6 through 60 will understand who you are. Because when they see a person that's come through all that I've come through, still standing, it's amazing. "

Mary J. Blige

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You

Person

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

" My first album is playful. "

" One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free. "

" I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself. "

" Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free. "

" 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 myself - not starting, but appreciating myself in a way where I can look at myself back in a movie or listen to myself as much as I do now. "

" Without your health, everything else means nothing. "

" It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don't even understand what you're reading in your contract. "

" I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if we turn 40, we're nothing and nobody. We all should band together and just say we're not gonna go down like that. "

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

" I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them. "

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

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

" I'm on my way to a place where I'd never dreamed I'd be, and that's perfection. "

" By the time I was a teenager, when I went outside the house, it was about hip-hop all the time. Nothing but hip-hop, block parties. "

" I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up. "

Mary J. Blige

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Colors

" I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance. "

" I've been a tomboy my whole life. But then you get older, you get married, you soften up. "

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

" It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary. "

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

Mary J. Blige

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School

" I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'. "

" You know a lot, but you don't know everything. "

" 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. "

" 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

Back

Giving

" You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it. "

" I didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my tough girl attitude was like, 'I'm not having it.' "

" I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself. "

" I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms. "