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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.

Mary J. Blige

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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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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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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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Then my life crashed and burned down: trials, men, drama, no self-love, no identity. A little identity, but not a lot of love for myself, my life.
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As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.
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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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Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
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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?'
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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.
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It's OK showing yourself some love.
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As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday.
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I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.
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I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years.
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I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.
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Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.
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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.
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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.
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I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms.
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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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Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of your pores.
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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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