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

So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.

I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.

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.

Larry David makes me laugh.

Once you climb to another level, you have to figure out how to sustain it.

For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself