Mary J. Blige

Music makes us want to live. You don’t know how many times people have told…

I do consider myself part of black history…

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have…

I don’t think there’s anything they can say about me that I haven’t said about…

When I was a child I didn’t care about getting an education, and I didn’t…

You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about…

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in…

In the inner city, there’s a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough…

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

I’ve just been growing right along. It’s painful, but it’s a great pain, and I…

Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so…

Don’t give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a…

I don’t listen to people’s opinions. I have people around me who I can trust…

It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It’s very…

I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through…