My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

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.

I still get nervous about singing. I drink tea with honey and lemon before every concert. And I need to have scented candles in all of my hotel rooms.

When you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.

I never do any album to beat it. I do it to extend it.

When someone comes up to me and says, 'Mary, you helped save my marriage', or, 'Mary, you helped me get out of this abusive relationship', I'm in it, really in their lives. And I'm so passionate about my feelings, but also about showing people the way through theirs.