My career doesn't get harder because when you have something to share, you have something to share. And when it's a trial or a situation that you triumph out of, you have to - because this is the relationship I started with my fans on the My Life album in 1994. You have to share in order for people to see how you came through it, or how you're dealing with having thoughts of doubting yourself. What songs are gonna help you? What lyrics are gonna pull you out of your slump?
Mary J. BligeWhen you're going to do whatever you're going to do, you have to get your, put your mind into it.
Mary J. BligeMy responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.
Mary J. BligeWhen I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.
Mary J. BligeYou 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.
Mary J. BligeSo as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.
Mary J. Blige