God loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when everyone abandoned me.

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years.

There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short.

When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.

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

I started speaking about what I was dealing with through my music, and 4 million women responded and said, 'Us too, Mary.' And I didn't know that everyone was hurting like I was hurting. I had no idea.