Latest Mary J. Blige Quotes from Interviews

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• I think everyone should understand history of segregation the same way we had to go to school and read about George Washington. I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. For instance, you can't get the cover of a magazine if your skin is too dark.

  Mary J. Blige

  Believe, School, Dark

  Source: www.lasentinel.net

• No one compares to you. Just remember that. There's no one out there - there's only one of you, and that's it. And whatever you believe about you that's great, no one else has it. And I can't look like you, there's no way I can slip into your body and be you, and you can't slip into my body and be me. This is all we're gonna get.

  Mary J. Blige

  Believe, Remember, Like You

  Source: www.elle.com

• The fact is that everyone at the labels wants to do what everyone else is doing. You have to look like her; you have to be like her; you have to sing like her, and no one can express themselves. I look at Rihanna and I am so proud of her. She speaks loudly! You have to stand up and clap. She expresses herself through fashion. She actually can sing. And her songs mean something, even to me, you know?

  Mary J. Blige

  Fashion, Song, Mean

  Source: www.elle.com

• My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial or a situation that you triumph out of, you have to - because this is the relationship I started with my fans on the My Life album in 1994. You have to share in order for people to see how you came through it, or how you're dealing with having thoughts of doubting yourself. What songs are gonna help you? What lyrics are gonna pull you out of your slump?

  Mary J. Blige

  Song, People, Doubt

  Source: www.elle.com

• God loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when everyone abandoned me.

  Mary J. Blige

  Son, God Love, Abandoned

  Source: www.artistdirect.com

• I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.

  Mary J. Blige

  Mistake, Wish, My Mistakes

  Source: www.artistdirect.com

• People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your ability.

  Mary J. Blige

  Believe, People, Inspired

  Source: www.artistdirect.com

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

  Mary J. Blige

  Mind

  Source: www.pbs.org

• When I`m going to do a Christmas album I had to put my mind in Christmas mode. I had to go back to being a child and remembering all of that. When I go to do a project, I'm serious about it, so I wrap my world around it, and it becomes Christmastime for me and I'm singing songs like it's Christmas day.

  Mary J. Blige

  Song, Children, Mind

  Source: www.pbs.org

• 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.

  Mary J. Blige

  Song, Different, Sometimes

  "Mary J. Blige Interview THE HELP". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 10, 2011.

• 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.

  Mary J. Blige

  Sides, Strive, Entrepreneurial

  "Mary J. Blige Interview THE HELP". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 10, 2011.

• You have to have a plan. Everything has to be planned. For me, I start with the title of my album, before I even start with the songs. I write down different things that I want album to say, and then the songs come from the different words.

  Mary J. Blige

  Song, Writing, Titles

  "Mary J. Blige Interview THE HELP". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 10, 2011.

• The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.

  Mary J. Blige

  Real, Becoming, Stay True

  "Mary J. Blige Interview THE HELP". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 10, 2011.

• Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.

  Mary J. Blige

  Love Is, Wonderful, Best Things