I grew up watching MTV, when Journey was huge, when Pat Benatar had 'Love Is a Battlefield,' and my friends and I used to cut school to watch this woman in the video. We loved Pat Benatar.
Mary J. BligeThat's the message I want to give to every up-and-coming artist: Do everything that is going to help you later. If you clone somebody else, that's all they're gonna keep wanting from you.
Mary J. BligeYou can hate me. You can go out there and say anything you want about me, But you will love me later because I told you the truth.
Mary J. Blige