I’ve Done Well, I’ve Been Disappointed, And

I Think Women Should Band Together To Get Us More Respect In All The Businesses That We're In Because, You Know, If We Turn 40, We're Nothing And Nobody. We All Should Band Together And Just Say We're Not Gonna Go Down Like That.

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.

My Responsibility To God Is To Live. That's The Gift He Gave Me. What I Do With It Is Up To Me.

From Being A Little Girl In The Projects, Going Through All Of The Mess That I Was Going Through, To Ending Up At The Inauguration For The First African-american President, I'm Speechless Right Now Because I Never Thought I'd - I Never Ever - I Couldn't Even See That Far. Even When I Ended Up In The Music Business I Couldn't See That.

When I Was A Kid, I Needed To Sing Because It Makes Me Feel Good About Myself. It Makes Me Feel Good, Period.