#know

Yonkers made me strong and made me believe in myself, because so many people would doubt you and not believe. There are people that would believe in you, but the environment was so harsh, nobody wanted you to get out, you know? ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#believe #doubt #environment #get #harsh

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. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#aretha #aretha franklin #child #depressed #franklin

Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#company #door #down #ever #get

I did not know I was in my prime until afterwards. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#did #i #know #prime #until

It's really easy to fall for someone on-set, but in the end you know, it's a representative and it's not really them. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#end #fall #in the end #know #really

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. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#come #comes #easy #i #i can

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#choose #ends #god #i #know

Horror does not interest me, and so I know little of its practicioners, old or current. ↗

— William Peter Blatty

#does #horror #i #interest #know

The Occultists, however, know that the traditions of Esoteric Philosophy must be the right ones, simply because they are the most logical, and reconcile every difficulty. ↗

— H. P. Blavatsky

#difficulty #esoteric #every #however #know

For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks. ↗

— Alexis Bledel

#draw #fact #jerks #reason #some