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

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

" 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. "

" When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period. "

" 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. "

" I can see the music. I know what it looks like. I know what color it is. The words come easy, the tears come easy, and the joy comes easy. The music tells you what to do. "

" If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?' "

" As long as I live, I know I'll have feelings. And that's what I'm passionate about. "

" I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him. "

" 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. "

" 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 thank God for the strength to get through it. "

" 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. "

" Larry David makes me laugh. "

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

" I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win. "

" Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen. "

" I listen to gospel music. "

" 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. "

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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. "

" 'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base. "

" There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction. "

" Sometimes I frown and I don't realise it. "

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

" This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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 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. "