Mary J. Blige Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

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

When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

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.

I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done.

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.

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

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

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

I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.

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

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

I do consider myself part of black history.

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.

Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.

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.

Without your health, everything else means nothing.

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.

Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of your pores.

I'm searching for a real love.

I can have as many bad days as anyone. But I choose to say, 'I'm just fine.'

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

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

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

It's that first step-getting out the door-that's the toughest. If you can do that, you've already won.

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

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

It's sad that a lot of identities are lost and a lot of careers are lost because there's sort of a clone thing going on.

For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself.

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

Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing live.

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

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

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

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

There's not enough time to be disrespecting ... Life is too short.

I just love food, period.

As far as men go, they never gave me a chance to be me; they were always scared that somebody was going to take me.

When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.

I've never been a mean person.

You know a lot, but you don't know everything.

I'm hoping that my entrepreneurial side will have me at a place where I don't have to do anything. That's what I'm striving for.

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 you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.

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

Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.

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