When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period.
Mary J. BligeThe music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.
Mary J. BligeGod loves me and sent his son to die for me so I have to live to please him because he saved me when everyone abandoned me.
Mary J. BligeI cannot save the world, that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it.
Mary J. Blige