198 Quotes by Mary J. Blige

I do consider myself part of black history.

I don't want no drama in my life, even though we have a little bit, but no more letting people control you. That's drama, because then you become something that you're not.

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around.

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

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

In your life there's peaks and valleys and sometimes we regress, and we don't even know we regress. You just have to learn how to accept all of your mistakes and learn to love yourself again.

I barely have time for my own children. To adopt more children and not have time for them, that would be poor parenting on my part.

I blame my mother for nothing, but forgive her for everything.

I can tell you I didn't feel good when I could not articulate properly. Getting my GED was important and I want other women to feel that.