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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• Mary J. Blige:

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

• Mary J. Blige:

  It's OK showing yourself some love.

• Mary J. Blige:

  As a child I always wanted to be a singer. The music my mother played in the house moved me - Areth

• Mary J. Blige:

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

• Mary J. Blige:

  I do consider myself part of black history.

• Mary J. Blige:

  'My Life' is soft, with notes of pear and gardenia, but still bold, with a woody base.

• Mary J. Blige:

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

• Mary J. Blige:

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

• Tom Dumont:

  'One More Summer' is one of those songs that I think will go over really well.

• Tom Dumont:

  One of the fun things about playing live is watching the audience sing the songs back to us.