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

In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting with so many people, they're definitely different.

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

One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

Then my life crashed and burned down: trials, men, drama, no self-love, no identity. A little identity, but not a lot of love for myself, my life.

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

I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.