Mary J. Blige

When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing.

I don't have any health problems, but to keep your health improves your quality of life.

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

Life is full of trials and tribulations. It's dramatic when you don't treat people right when you're in the tribulations, but I know now how to get out of it. You have to make a decision to say 'No more', and then you know what to do when the trials happen.

It's not just songs and glamour. It's sweat, blood, broken toes, and mistakes... It's life.

My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base.

My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.

I can go out raw with nothing, and my fans would still be happy, but I feel that I owe it to them to give them almost like a Broadway musical at this point in my life. I have to give them something more, so I do have to think of different ways to do it.

As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, Mahalia Jackson. It was truly spiritual. It made you understand what God was. We are all spirits. We get depressed. But music makes you want to live. I know my music has saved my life.

There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short.