Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.
MARY J. BLIGEOnce you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.
MARY J. BLIGEThank 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!
MARY J. BLIGEGrowing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.
MARY J. BLIGEThe music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don’t stay true to who you are.
MARY J. BLIGEI 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.
MARY J. BLIGEI’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.
MARY J. BLIGEIt’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.
MARY J. BLIGEAs a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.
MARY J. BLIGEBelieve in yourself when nobody else does.
MARY J. BLIGEIt’s OK showing yourself some love.
MARY J. BLIGEI’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.
MARY J. BLIGEThere’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.
MARY J. BLIGEIt 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.
MARY J. BLIGEI remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through hell. Now, we’re trying to uplift each other and accept ourselves for who we are, even if nobody else does.
MARY J. BLIGEFor the first time in my life, I’m proud of myself
MARY J. BLIGEIt’s not just songs and glamour. It’s sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes… It’s life.
MARY J. BLIGE