Mary J. Blige Quotes
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You have to create different things, either through lighting or changing the format of the songs and how you're going to sing them, and even sometimes props.
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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!
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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.
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The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.
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I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing.
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When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.
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You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.
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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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I listen to gospel music.
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I can go out raw with nothing, and my fans would still be happy, but I feel that I owe it to them to give them almost like a Broadway musical at this point in my life. I have to give them something more, so I do have to think of different ways to do it.
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'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base.
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I used to think I was ugly. I thought I looked like a camel. A person who doesn't love themselves, they will see anything that pops up on their face. I've seen squirrels, I've seen a bird, and I've seen all kinds of animals on my face. But that is the result of self-hate. I've learned to say: 'You know what? I am a beautiful black woman'.
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I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does.
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In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting with so many people, they're definitely different.
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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.
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The streets respect me because I kept it real with me. You gotta be real with yourself, and the streets recognize game.
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Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.
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For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself
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You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
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Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.
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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 do consider myself part of black history.
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I like French fries; I like mashed. I love potatoes.
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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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I'm searching for a real love.
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