Mary J. Blige Quotes

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Mary J. Blige

Profession : Musician

Birth : January 11, 1971

When you know what pain is, and when you have to make a choice, you learn that it is a decision. People think it's a fairytale thing, love and happiness, but you have to work hard. And then - you feel it deeply.

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

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

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I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.' And I didn't know that everyone was hurting like I was hurting. I had no idea.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Two hurt people can not help each other. They can not.

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I had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.

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I like hanging out with me, and I've accepted everything about me good, bad whatever it is. That's why I'm able to, that's why no one can tell me anything negative about myself.

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Larry David makes me laugh.

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

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

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It hurts a lot when you cannot really comprehend what a person is saying in a meeting, or you don't even understand what you're reading in your contract.

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

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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.

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I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up.

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If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story.

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So many people are like, 'I'm perfect.' I'm so imperfect; that's why I'm able to let everything out and let people see everything. 'Cause I'm just a mess like every other person that's a mess out there.

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