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

I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot.

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

When you hold on to anger and unforgiveness, you can't move forward.

Cause I'm no better than you, you, or you. And I can't get on no throne and preach, 'cause I'm not God.

...I would be a liar and my fans would hate me if I said to them, 'Oh, we're perfect and everything is great.' We have situations just like everyone else. We're not out in public trying to kill each other, but it's real. We love each other.

In your life there's peaks and valleys and sometimes we regress, and we don't even know we regress. You just have to learn how to accept all of your mistakes and learn to love yourself again.