No one compares to you. Just remember that. There's no one out there - there's only one of you, and that's it. And whatever you believe about you that's great, no one else has it. And I can't look like you, there's no way I can slip into your body and be you, and you can't slip into my body and be me. This is all we're gonna get.

The streets respect me because I kept it real with me. You gotta be real with yourself, and the streets recognize game.

You 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.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

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

This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.

I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'