You have to create different things, either through lighting or changing the format of the songs and how you're going to sing them, and even sometimes props.
Mary J. BligeIt's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.
Mary J. BligeI have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.
Mary J. BligeI had to learn how to trust my gut. Trust what I know to be right... not right, but not waver on who I am. Know who I am, know what I want, and know it. Not waver on it and be secure in that. And I still struggle with it. But I really... I can't be moved. You can't move me, and that all comes with loving myself, and I'm like my best buddy.
Mary J. Blige