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If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
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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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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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So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.
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I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.
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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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The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.
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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.
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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.
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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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There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.
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I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.
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If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside. Understanding that everything that comes to you is what you are. Everything from friends to boyfriends to the job you get - it's all a direct reflection of what you are on the inside.
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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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You can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.
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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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You know a lot, but you don't know everything.
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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.
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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.
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