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Mary J. Blige Biography

Mary Jane Blige (/blaɪʒ/; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has been honored with numerous accolades and nominations, including winning nine Grammy Awards, and being the recipient of three Golden Globe nominations including one for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Florence Jackson in Mudbound (2017), for which she also became the first woman to receive multiple Academy Award nominations in the same year including for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song. She started her career as a backing singer on Uptown Records in 1989. In 1992, Blige released her first album, What's the 411?. She has released 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales.

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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.

Different, Giving, Musical, Nothing, Think, Thinking

I can't just make a song people can dance in a club to. . . it still has to be real.

Club, Make, People, Real, Song

I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.

Element, Elements, Keep, Made, Says, Streets

This music business can suck all the love out of you, all the compassion for people - you can start to think you're better than them. But I want to continue to let people know that I'm no better and no worse, I'm just like you.

Thinking, Compassion, People, Let, Business, Know

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.

Become, Drama, Letting, People, Want

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. '

Kind, Make, Needs, Serve, Year, Years

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

City, Part, Party, Responsibility, Sorry, Stopped

The music business is really, really small. The real music is becoming almost extinct, if you don't stay true to who you are.

Becoming, Extinct, Real, Stay True

Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.

Artist, Business, Different, Revenues, State, Way

You can't get around pain and opposition, but you can try to be joyful in the trial, and thank yourself for the trial, and thank God for the strength to get through it.

God, Joyful, Pain, Thank God, Trial, Trying

Then my life crashed and burned down: trials, men, drama, no self-love, no identity. A little identity, but not a lot of love for myself, my life.

Down, Drama, Life, Men, Self

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.

Believe, Old, Shame, Thing, Thinking, Years

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.

Children, Life, Mahalia, Mother, Spiritual, Understand

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.

Feelings, Identity, Mary, Mary J Blige, Scott

. . . I would be a liar and my fans would hate me if I said to them, 'Oh, we're perfect and everything is great. ' We have situations just like everyone else. We're not out in public trying to kill each other, but it's real. We love each other.

Everyone, Hate, Liars, Perfect, Real

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.

Beautiful, Enough, Everything, School, Smart

I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot.

Couple, Diet, Hot, Hurt, Like, Pain

I think everyone should understand history of segregation the same way we had to go to school and read about George Washington. I believe this generation should know their history and they should know that the struggle's not over yet. For instance, you can't get the cover of a magazine if your skin is too dark.

Believe, Dark, Magazine, School, Skin, Understand

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.

Firsts, God, I Can, Ifs, Love, Nobody

There are people out there who want to provoke me and bring back the old Mary but I'm not giving them the satisfaction.

Bring, Giving, People, Provoke, Satisfaction, Want

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