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.

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

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

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.

It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.

I'm on my way to a place where I'd never dreamed I'd be, and that's perfection.

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