I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life. Mary J. Blige More Quotes by Mary J. Blige More Quotes From Mary J. Blige 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. Mary J. Blige artistwantgiving Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us. Mary J. Blige best-thingswonderfullove-is You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it. Mary J. Blige painthank-godtrying 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. Mary J. Blige abandonedgod-loveson Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live. Mary J. Blige scaryifslooks 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. Mary J. Blige partyresponsibilitysorry 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 titleswritingsong I'm searching for a real love. Mary J. Blige real-lovereal You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it. Mary J. Blige stormovercomingbook 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. Mary J. Blige careersidentitylost People in my neighborhood inspired me to sing. Believe in your ability no matter what, but be realistic with yourself and your ability. Mary J. Blige inspiredbelievepeople If you're here right now in your life, your journey continues and you've lived to tell the story. Mary J. Blige right-nowjourneystories I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me. Mary J. Blige therapistsheardsong When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward. Mary J. Blige moving-forwardmoving Working in the studio is a more personal experience whereas on stage in front of a billion people, its more exciting performing live. Mary J. Blige stageexcitingpeople I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to seek God on my own. I just stayed in The Word. And it worked. Mary J. Blige menbelieveway 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. Mary J. Blige like-yourememberbelieve I mean, I know my heart is not clean, and your heart is not clean, and none of our urban hearts are clean. But you can be washed again. Mary J. Blige urbanheartmean You either learn from your experiences or go back and do the same thing, and I learned from my experiences. Mary J. Blige There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction. Mary J. Blige wantgivingpeople
