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Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige Books

Singer-songwriter

Mary J. Blige is an American singer-songwriter renowned for her emotional voice and unique musical style, often referred to as the 'Queen of Soul'. Born on January 11, 1971, she has made a significant impact in the R&B and soul genres with her fusion of R&B, soul, and pop elements. Blige's music career began in the early 1990s, and she has since achieved widespread commercial and critical acclaim.

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“I know who I am. I am not perfect. I am 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.”

Happens Love Is Wonderful Best Things

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“...I would be a liar and my fans would hate me if I said to them, 'Oh, we're perfect and everything is great.' We have situations just like everyone else. We're not out in public trying to kill each other, but it's real. We love each other.”

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“Believe in yourself when nobody else does.”

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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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“The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.”

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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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“You have to create different things, either through lighting or changing the format of the songs and how you're going to sing them, and even sometimes props.”

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“I'm hoping that my entrepreneurial side will have me at a place where I don't have to do anything. That's what I'm striving for.”

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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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“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 don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.”

People I Can Opinion

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“We are all just a work in progress.”

Progress Work In Progress

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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.”

I Can Causes Thrones Better Than You

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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 don't want no drama in my life, even though we have a little bit, but no more letting people control you. That's drama, because then you become something that you're not.”

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“In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting with so many people, they're definitely different.”

People Different Song Worry Stage Studios Performing Connecting

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“It's sad that a lot of identities are lost and a lot of careers are lost because there's sort of a clone thing going on.”

Lost Careers Identity

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“That's the message I want to give to every up-and-coming artist: Do everything that is going to help you later. If you clone somebody else, that's all they're gonna keep wanting from you.”

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“The only person that I'm really feeling - because she has an identity of her own, even though she has listened to Mary J. Blige - is Jill Scott.”

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“People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your ability.”

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“I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.”

Wish Mistake My Mistakes

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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.”

Son God Love Abandoned

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“My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial or a situation that you triumph out of, you have to - because this is the relationship I started with my fans on the My Life album in 1994. You have to share in order for people to see how you came through it, or how you're dealing with having thoughts of doubting yourself. What songs are gonna help you? What lyrics are gonna pull you out of your slump?”

People Helping Song Situation Doubt Share

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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.”

Believe Remember Like You Compare

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“The fact is that everyone at the labels wants to do what everyone else is doing. You have to look like her; you have to be like her; you have to sing like her, and no one can express themselves. I look at Rihanna and I am so proud of her. She speaks loudly! You have to stand up and clap. She expresses herself through fashion. She actually can sing. And her songs mean something, even to me, you know?”

Mean Song Speak Fashion Proud

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“I think everyone should understand history of segregation the same way we had to go to school and read about George Washington. I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. For instance, you can't get the cover of a magazine if your skin is too dark.”

Thinking Believe School I Believe Dark Skins Segregation

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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.”

Knows World Beautiful Perfect Perfection Who I Am Beautiful Women Not Perfect Most Beautiful Woman In The World I Am Not Perfect

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“Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.”

People Knows Want Giving Wanted Song Dies Music Know How Special Ears Down And Caught Wanted To Die

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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.”

Pain Perfect Example Trials Tribulation Messed Up Trials And Tribulations Perfect Life

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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.”

Want Hate Say Anything Hate Me You Can Hate Me

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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.”

Knows Ends Stories Winning Loses God Knows Win Or Lose Only God Knows

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“One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.”

People Ifs Giving Feels Circumstances One Day Understood Blame I Realized Wronged Blaming Others

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“I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot.”

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“God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.”

Ifs Firsts I Can

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“In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.”

Feelings Government Party Cities Responsibility Sorry Pity Mentality Breakthrough Inner City Feeling Sorry Pity Party Different Mentality

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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.”

Ifs Children Done Remember Who I Am Daddy Child Of God Heads Up

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“There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short.”

Enough Life Is Too Short Life Is Short Enough Time Life Is Too Short Life Is So Short Life It Too Short Not Enough Time

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“You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.”

Giving Firsts Demand Respect

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“You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.”

Looks Book Overcoming Storm Palms Storms Coming

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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.”

Believe Use Used Certain I Believe Situation Bad Situations

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“I do consider myself part of black history.”

Black Black History

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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 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.”

Children Would Be My Own Poor Parenting

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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.”

Ifs Persons Young Challenges Identity Sustenance

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“I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'”

Knows Needs Years Kind Serving Mary Hottest

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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.”

Want Feels I Can Important Feel Good Ged

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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.”

Way Hard Acting Hard Work Strive My Way

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“It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.”

Song Mistake Blood Broken Sweat Toes Glamour

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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.”

Feels Kids Needed Periods Feel Good

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About the Author

Born: January 11, 1971
Known for: Singer-songwriter
Quotes: 146

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