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

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

" It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. "

" The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things. "

" 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. "

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

" 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! "

" I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through hell. Now, we're trying to uplift each other and accept ourselves for who we are, even if nobody else does. "

" As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life. "

" 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 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. "

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

" I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It's the music business. You are a business. That's what they do. So you've got to protect yourself. "

" I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part. "

" People know what they see but they don't know what's happening inside. If you want to know who you are and how you feel about yourself, take a look at your environment. "

" 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 believe there should be no more drama, but it's everywhere you go. It's just about how you get out. You've gotta bob and weave because it's everywhere. How do I keep the drama low? It's about using your head. "

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

" 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. "

" When you tell your truth, you are coming from a real place, so you are automatically a leader. "

" I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music. "

" Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has. "

" Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way. "

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

" If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost. "

" I'm my worst critic, and I like the fact that I can listen to myself now and make fun of myself, listen, make changes - 'Oh, man, that's messed up. Okay, I need to work on that; I need to work on this.' "

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" 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 idea of it. But when you get in trouble, it gives people things to talk about. "

" Without your health, everything else means nothing. "