I think everyone should understand history of segregation the same way we had to go to school and read about George Washington. I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. For instance, you can't get the cover of a magazine if your skin is too dark.

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.

God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody.

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.

I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.

Larry David makes me laugh.