I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'

I don't think I'll do foster care or adopt, to be quite honest.

'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.

I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

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.

It's up to us to choose whether we win or lose...and I choose to win.

I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.