Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!

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.

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.

When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.

I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.

We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.