Mary J. Blige Quotes

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Mary J. Blige

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 11, 1971

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

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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.

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

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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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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'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.

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I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'

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My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block.

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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.

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I've never been a mean person.

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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.

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

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

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Yonkers made me strong and made me believe in myself, because so many people would doubt you and not believe. There are people that would believe in you, but the environment was so harsh, nobody wanted you to get out, you know?

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As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

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I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.

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I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.

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

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

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

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