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Quote by Mary J. Blige

“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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Mary J. Blige

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. more

“A mid life crisis is nothing but getting to the point where you go, have I done what I wanted to do? Am I living the life that I want to live? Am I appreciating what I have? If you don't get to that point developmentally, you're not doing it correctly. The people who get to that age and haven't reassessed usually haven't faced the fact that that's where they are.”

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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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Author:Mary J. Blige

“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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Author:Mary J. Blige

“I don't want to be pretentious about, "yes, I need to move in to the more dramatic roles and express myself and prove to everyone that I'm capable of doing it," it really isn't that, I think that's a bad reason to choose roles. It's more like, who would I be working with and would they be fun to do and entertaining to watch, is it an interesting story or character.”