
I always sang and I always wrote ... it's just having that ambition. You really can't let go of your dreams. —
Mariah Carey

People are like, 'What is your whole obsession with butterflies?' I'm like, 'I'm not obsessed. I like them. Can't anybody like something?' —
Mariah Carey

True diva could not live without smart remark every now and then, a good sip of water. —
Mariah Carey

It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure. —
Mariah Carey

The minute I started addressing my feelings, I actually came out of very negative situations. —
Mariah Carey

My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's. —
Mariah Carey

You can fight against people, and fight to the death, but ... can't control the world. —
Mariah Carey

I am not worthy to be on a Mariah Carey record. She's a true artist, so I just step back and watch the genius occur. —
Nick Cannon

Mariah Carey is kinda scary. —
The Notorious B.I.G.

I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them. I was in agony. My high heels had left my feet bleeding. Laugh all you want, my feet hurt —
Mariah Carey

I'm not vain, I'm insecure. —
Mariah Carey

I don't go out much. I'm also not promiscuous. If I went out with everyone the press said I did, I'd never have time to write or sing. —
Mariah Carey

I have memories of Australia that I'll just never ever get over —
Mariah Carey

Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away. —
Mariah Carey

We're all a little wacko sometimes, and if we think we're not, maybe we are more than we know. —
Mariah Carey

Losing my mind From this hollow in my heart —
Mariah Carey

I work myself into the ground. —
Mariah Carey

She smiles through a thousand tears, and harbors adolescent fears. She dreams of all that she can never be, she wades in insecurity. —
Mariah Carey

I've seen other artists put out movies that went straight to DVD, and no one cared. Maybe their own fans bought the thing, and that was fine. —
Mariah Carey

No stress, no fights. I'm leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life. —
Mariah Carey

People are always asking, 'Is everything ok?' Look, I was not depressed, ok? I was just freaking exhausted. —
Mariah Carey

I'm not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I'll do it if I have to. —
Mariah Carey

I'm so thankful that I've received The answer that heaven has sent down to me You treated me kind Sweet destiny And I'll be eternally grateful —
Mariah Carey

You look at me and see the girl,who lives inside the golden world,but don't believe, that's all there is to see,you'll never know the real me. —
Mariah Carey

I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years. —
Nicki Minaj

I think one of the reasons I pushed myself so hard and worked so hard is because I never felt special. —
Mariah Carey

We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons. —
Mariah Carey

I'm not a subscriber to walking into large corporate entities that I have to walk into and be waiting in line, because then I have to stand there. —
Mariah Carey

Being a mother is probably the hardest job in the world. I feel like, in a lot of ways, children come into the world to teach us. —
Mariah Carey

I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer. —
Graham Coxon

I've been blessed to live my dream more than half my life, so I want help give that back to someone else. —
Mariah Carey

I'm stuck in 7th grade & I just keep getting let back —
Mariah Carey

The international music scene has grown so much, and America is sort of following that. —
Mariah Carey

I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race. —
Mariah Carey

Since having the babies, I realize that 90 percent of losing weight is my diet. —
Mariah Carey

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess. —
Mariah Carey

I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously. —
Mariah Carey

I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them. —
Jessica Mauboy

Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you. —
Mariah Carey

There's an answer, if you reach into your soul, and the sorrow that you know will melt away. —
Mariah Carey

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count. —
Mariah Carey

You can't live with regrets. It's about the journey —
Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical. —
Grimes

We've been expected to be perfect but we aren't. We're still human. —
Mariah Carey

I really rebel against authority. —
Mariah Carey

Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don't let 'em ever count you out. —
Mariah Carey

I've seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don't think that's who I am. —
Mariah Carey

Apparently I don't do stairs, I won't walk on carpet and I refuse to walk on grass. How do I do to get around, hover? —
Mariah Carey

I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to. —
Mariah Carey

I'm the queen of festivities, that's all I can say. —
Mariah Carey

When I saw you, when I saw you I could not breathe, I fell so deep. When I saw you, when I saw you I'd never be, I'd never be the same. —
Mariah Carey

So when you feel like hope is gone,
look inside you and be strong,
and you'll finally see the truth -
that a hero lies in you. —
Mariah Carey

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best. —
Mariah Carey

I know I can be diva-ish sometimes, but I have to be in control. The nature of my life, the nature of what I do, is divadom, it really is. —
Mariah Carey

I'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am. —
Mariah Carey

See, I'm looking for a man that'll rub me slow, make me sing real high when he goes down low. —
Mariah Carey

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me. —
Mariah Carey

I hope to be around past the 90's. I don't want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands. —
Mariah Carey

People are constantly asking me if I'm pregnant, but I don't like to talk about it too much. I just think about it as the next phase. We'll see. —
Mariah Carey

I'm experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it's appropriate I do it on the record. —
Mariah Carey

One doesn't remain a teenager forever. —
Mariah Carey

I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown. —
Kathy Griffin

I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows. —
Mariah Carey

I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do. —
Mariah Carey

I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey. —
Usher

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national TV to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid. —
Mariah Carey

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time. —
Mariah Carey

Sipping Bailey's Cream by the stereo, trying to find relief on the radio. I'm suppressing the tears. —
Mariah Carey

You don't think it' too short? Mariah Carey shows less skin. —
Jamie McGuire

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go. —
Mariah Carey

I am thinking of you in my sleepless solitude tonight. —
Mariah Carey

You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul. —
Mariah Carey

I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's changed. —
Mariah Carey

Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life. —
Mariah Carey

After every storm, if you look hard enough, a rainbow appears. —
Mariah Carey

But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can. —
Mariah Carey

If you believe within your soul, just hold on tight and don't let go! You can make it, make it happen —
Mariah Carey

It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
(After Brooke White of season 7 on american idol sang the song 'Hero'
by Mariah Carey) —
Simon Cowell

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen. —
Mariah Carey

One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting. —
Mariah Carey

It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic. —
Mariah Carey

It's always been my dream to look like Mariah Carey in my photos with a microphone. I don't know how she does it. When she sings, she looks perfect. —
Solange Knowles