I care about me now. When I didn't care about me, I was, like, 'Why is this going wrong? Why is my life so bad?' But when you don't care about yourself, nobody else is going to care about you. So I learned to love myself, even if nobody else does. Mary J. Blige badcarelearn share on social
Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free. Mary J. Blige feelfreegive Change image and share on social
I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to... it still has to be real. Mary J. Blige clubdancemake Change image and share on social
When life is real, it's not going to be smooth. Mary J. Blige liferealsmooth Change image and share on social
I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to seek God on my own. I just stayed in The Word. And it worked. Mary J. Blige decidegodgreat Change image and share on social
The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant. Mary J. Blige bligecallignorant Change image and share on social
I suffered from self hatred so much. It's like I didn't want to look like that any more. I didn't to feel like that any more. It had to be another way. Mary J. Blige feelhatredsuffer Change image and share on social
No one intimidates me because I'm not trying to do what you do, because I can't do what you do. I can only do what Mary J. Blige can do, so that relaxes me right there, and it gets me out of the competition and that whole thing. Mary J. Blige bligecompetitionintimidate share on social
I think women should band together to get us more respect in all the businesses that we're in because, you know, if we turn 40, we're nothing and nobody. We all should band together and just say we're not gonna go down like that. Mary J. Blige bandbusinessgonna share on social
Music is where my love is. I don't think the acting thing is going to start outweighing that, but I think it's going to start being a good chunk of something I want to do. Mary J. Blige actchunkgood Change image and share on social
