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" I'm striving toward this acting thing. I'm definitely gonna work hard on that, whatever comes my way, I'm gonna work hard on it. "

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" I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it. "

" My main exercise is cardio. The treadmill is fine, but running outdoors gives me the best results. I try to log 6 to 8 miles a week. I could be in the worst mood, but when I do my cardio, I feel much, much better. "

" 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. "

" You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect. "

" I always want to be a messenger, a person that, you know, that's not afraid to pass on wisdom. "

" I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years. "

" I do consider myself part of black history. "

" You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth. "

" It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live. "

" Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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