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“My responsibility to God is to live. That’s the gift he gave me. What I do with it is up to me.”
“Music makes us want to live. You don’t know how many times people have told me that they’d been down and depressed and just wanted to die. But then a special song caught their ear and that helped give them renewed strength. That’s the power music has.”
“It all translates; at the end of the day, we’ve all been picked on for some reason or another. We all get bashed, we all get hurt. Different races get picked on every day. Regular hard-working people just trying to provide get picked on, as do gay people. The important thing is to realize that no matter what people’s opinions may be, they’re only just that - people’s opinions. You have to believe in your heart what you know to be true about yourself. And let that be that.”“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 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.”Happy 41st Birthday to singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress; Mary Jane Blige ( b. January 11, 1971)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY J. BLIGE!
Today In History
‘Mary J. Blige, the QUEEN OF HIP HOP SOUL is born on this date January 11, 1971. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B.’
(photo: Mary J. Blige)
- CARTER Magazine
