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.

Mary J. Blige

I’ve been a tomboy my whole life. But then you get older, you get married, you soften up.

Mary J. Blige

I’ve done well, I’ve been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to be the labels. It’s the music business. You are a business. That’s what they do. So you’ve got to protect yourself.

Mary J. Blige

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

It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It’s very scary.

Mary J. Blige

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.

Mary J. Blige

Life is full of trials and tribulations. It’s dramatic when you don’t treat people right when you’re in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say ‘No more’, and then you know what to do when the trials happen.

Mary J. Blige

Music is where my love is. I don’t think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it’s going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do.

Mary J. Blige

My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the hottest thing on the block.

Mary J. Blige

My journey continues, because I’ve, you know, conquered a lot. And I know how to conquer the rest.

Mary J. Blige