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" When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself. "

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

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

" I suffered from self hatred so much. It's like I didn't want to look like that any more. I didn't to feel like that any more. It had to be another way. "

" 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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" I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me. "

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

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

" I hated myself for so many reasons, and I thought so many things were my fault that happened to me growing up. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant. "

" 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. "

" My journey continues, because I've, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

" My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. "