Love is wonderful, amazing, and the best thing that can happen to us.

The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.

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.

The only person that I'm really feeling - because she has an identity of her own, even though she has listened to Mary J. Blige - is Jill Scott.

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.

As a kid, I dreamed about being onstage.

We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.