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

The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.

This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.

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

I 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.

My responsibility to God is to live. That's the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.

It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.