Mary J. Blige

You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#first #first of all #get #give #respect

I'm a child of God. God is my mommy, my daddy. That's the only thing that'll keep my head up. If I don't remember who I am in him, I'm done. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#child #daddy #done #god #head

God comes first - if I don't love him, I can't love anybody, and if I can't love me I can't love nobody. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#comes #first #god #him #i

I do consider myself part of black history. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#black history #consider #history #i #i do

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. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#every #example #go #inside #life

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. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#barely #children #i #more #my own

I don't know what kind of God the rest of y'all are serving, but the God I serve says, 'Mary, you need to be the hottest thing this year, and I'm gonna make sure you're doing that.' ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#god #gonna #hottest #i #kind

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. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#could #feel #feel good #getting #good

I felt ashamed about everything. Me dropping out of high school, me not, you know, just not being beautiful enough. I just didn't feel like I was smart enough or beautiful enough, you know, for years. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#ashamed #beautiful #being #being beautiful #dropping

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#beautiful #beautiful woman #i #i am #know