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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.

Mary J. Blige

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Mary J. Blige
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 11
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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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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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I’ve done well, I’ve been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It’s the music business. You are a business. That’s what they do. So you’ve got to protect yourself.
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You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.
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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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Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!
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I like to do interior design, I love to quilt, I love to see different colors together, and I love to match things up.
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No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can only do what Mary J. Blige can do, so that relaxes me right there, and it gets me out of the competition and that whole thing.
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Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
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I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.
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I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if we turn 40, we're nothing and nobody. We all should band together and just say we're not gonna go down like that.
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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 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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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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I like French fries I like mashed. I love potatoes.
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It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.
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There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.
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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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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.
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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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