I didn't never have to go to a therapist. I just always put it in a song and you heard me.

If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside. Understanding that everything that comes to you is what you are. Everything from friends to boyfriends to the job you get - it's all a direct reflection of what you are on the inside.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.

As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday.

You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.