Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Bligeis an American singer, songwriter, model, record producer and actress. Starting her career as a background singer on Uptown Records in 1989, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?, in 1992, and has released 11 studio albums since and made over 150 guest appearances on other albums and soundtracks...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionR&B Singer
Date of Birth11 January 1971
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
We are all just a work in progress.
I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me.
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.
I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.
The only person that I'm really feeling - because she has an identity of her own, even though she has listened to Mary J. Blige - is Jill Scott.
There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short.
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.
Don't go a full day or night without washing your face. You have to get all the dirt and makeup out of your pores.
I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.
I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.
It's sad that a lot of identities are lost and a lot of careers are lost because there's sort of a clone thing going on.
Really, every woman is an example to me, because as women we go through so much pain. We have to live this perfect life when we are messed up inside. We all go through trials and tribulations.
When I was five years old I was molested and just, you know. I remember feeling, literally right before it happened, I just could not believe that this person was going to do this to me. That thing followed me all my life. The shame of thinking my molestation was my fault - it led me to believe I wasn't worth anything.
In the studio you can really concentrate on performing the song where as on stage you also have to worry about connecting with so many people, they're definitely different.