Believe in yourself when nobody else does.
MARY J. BLIGEAs a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.
More Mary J. Blige Quotes
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It’s not just songs and glamour. It’s sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes… It’s life.
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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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Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
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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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Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.
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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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I wish I had known that education is the key. That knowledge is power. Now I pick up books and watch educational shows with my husband. I’m seeing how knowledge can elevate you.
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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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As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.
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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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It’s OK showing yourself some love.
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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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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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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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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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