I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.

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 was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.

I've been a tomboy my whole life. But then you get older, you get married, you soften up.

In your life there's peaks and valleys and sometimes we regress, and we don't even know we regress. You just have to learn how to accept all of your mistakes and learn to love yourself again.

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

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