Facts about Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige is a famous Musician from USA, he/she is still alive and was born January 11, 1971.
Zodiac etc.
He/she is born under the zodiac capricorn, who is known for Determination, Dominance, Perservering, Practical, Willful.
Our collection contains 30 quotes who is written / told by Mary.
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Famous quotes by Mary J. Blige (30)
"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!"
"It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary"
"I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people"
"I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest"
"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"
"Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it"
"I'm on my way to a place where I'd never dreamed I'd be, and that's perfection"
"I listen to gospel music"
"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"
"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"
"God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody"
"When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school"
"My first album is playful"
"I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children"
"I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that"
"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"
"'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music"
"My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me"
"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"
"I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me"
"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"
"It's OK showing yourself some love"
"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"
"I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music"
"I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot"
"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"
"For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself"
"'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base"
"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"
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