Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen.

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

I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.'

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.

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

It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.

I think everyone should understand history of segregation the same way we had to go to school and read about George Washington. I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. For instance, you can't get the cover of a magazine if your skin is too dark.