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.

I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.

There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.

Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That's the power music has.

I've learned so much from all my mistakes. I just wish I had gotten my education.

I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing.