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I believe there should be no more drama, but it's everywhere you go. It's just about how you get out. You've gotta bob and weave because it's everywhere. How do I keep the drama low? It's about using your head.

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'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.

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It was only for two years, and I jumped from family to family. It's very scary.

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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.

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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.

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As a kid, I was in love with Michael Jackson, and I just knew I was going to marry him someday.

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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.

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I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.

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It hurts when you have to smile and you don't want to smile, but the best thing to do is to smile.

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You can look at my palm and see the storm coming. Read the book of my life and see I've overcome it.

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I wish I had an extra day with my mom sometimes. Or another hour in the day with my family, husband and children.

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I can see the music. I know what it looks like. I know what color it is. The words come easy, the tears come easy, and the joy comes easy. The music tells you what to do.

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I like French fries; I like mashed. I love potatoes.

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I wouldn't adopt, but what I will do is give my time and go and try to be there for people.

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Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!

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You know a lot, but you don't know everything.

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I remember a time when all my fans were crying and sad and going through hell. Now, we're trying to uplift each other and accept ourselves for who we are, even if nobody else does.

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

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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.

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When you know what pain is, and when you have to make a choice, you learn that it is a decision. People think it's a fairytale thing, love and happiness, but you have to work hard. And then - you feel it deeply.

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

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I was inspired to create 'My Life' so I could finally share a personal part of my life beyond my music.

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So many people are like, 'I'm perfect.' I'm so imperfect; that's why I'm able to let everything out and let people see everything. 'Cause I'm just a mess like every other person that's a mess out there.

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I believe that anything man himself can do for me, God can do for me in a greater way. I decided to pray and to seek God on my own. I just stayed in The Word. And it worked.

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Growing up, I was the preferred hairstylist for all of my friends.

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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.

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I grew up watching MTV, when Journey was huge, when Pat Benatar had 'Love Is a Battlefield,' and my friends and I used to cut school to watch this woman in the video. We loved Pat Benatar.

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If we didn't have understanding of our journey, we wouldn't be able to go on. We'd be stuck, like, 'Why me?'

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One day I realized that I wasn't getting anywhere by blaming other people for my circumstances. I finally understood: Even if you feel someone has wronged you or owes you something, no one is going to give you anything for free.

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I've never been a mean person.

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The music business is not a good place for people who don't know things.

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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.

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When someone comes up to me and says, 'Mary, you helped save my marriage', or, 'Mary, you helped me get out of this abusive relationship', I'm in it, really in their lives. And I'm so passionate about my feelings, but also about showing people the way through theirs.

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Everything is scary if you look at it. So you just got to live.

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Just don't let the hype of what people are saying and how much they love you, y'know, just take the compliment and be thankful that people are complimenting you, but don't let it consume you; don't let your circumstances around you and the way people view you make you act a certain way.

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Without your health, everything else means nothing.

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