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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.
Mary J. Blige
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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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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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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.
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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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I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.
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Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live.
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Sometimes I frown and I don't realise it.
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I'm a singer who thinks like a rapper.
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Larry David makes me laugh.
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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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When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.
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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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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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You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
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You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences.
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I'm striving toward this acting thing. I'm definitely gonna work hard on that, whatever comes my way, I'm gonna work hard on it.
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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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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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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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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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When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.
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