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When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen.
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I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
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From being a little girl in the projects, going through all of the mess that I was going through, to ending up at the Inauguration for the first African-American president, I'm speechless right now because I never thought I'd - I never ever - I couldn't even see that far. Even when I ended up in the music business I couldn't see that.
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We are all just a work in progress.
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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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Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
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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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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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Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.
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It's that first step-getting out the door-that's the toughest. If you can do that, you've already won.
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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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My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block.
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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.
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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.
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I like French fries I like mashed. I love potatoes.
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It's OK showing yourself some love.
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When I was five years old I was molested and just, you know. I remember feeling, literally right before it happened, I just could not believe that this person was going to do this to me. That thing followed me all my life. The shame of thinking my molestation was my fault - it led me to believe I wasn't worth anything.
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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 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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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
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