“I suffered from self hatred so much. It's like I didn't want to look l...” — Mary J. Blige Quote

“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.”

“If you're not confident in yourself, you're going to waver. I've wavered, and I've lost.”

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

“In a way, I had such a normal life. But in another way, I saw things most kids don't see.”

“There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses.”

“I had tremendous fun fooling around with the way people talked about songs, just the way that became another way of understanding the world.”