Mariah Carey Quotes (41 Quotes)

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.

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.

They can call me whatever they want, ... I never went anywhere. And my real fans have always been here for me. And, you know what It's a wonderful feeling and everything I have is because God has blessed me with this and I'll always be grateful for what I have.

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.

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.

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.

Since her divorce I haven't had a home since I left there, but hey, I'm glad.

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!

When you love someone so deeply they become your life, it's easy to succumb overwhelming fears inside. Blindly I imagined I could keep you under a glass. Now I understand to hold you I must open my hand and watch you rise.

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

If they want to say 'comeback,' that's cool, but I've been making music my whole life. ... I will make music forever.

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

I'm inconsolable at the present time, I was a very good friend of Jordan, he was probably the greatest basketball player this country has ever seen. We will never see his like again.

I used to play poker with my sister. But I think my low-cut dress put some of the guys off.

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

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

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.

I look at this moment as an incredible blessing. It's part of my struggle. It's made me a stronger person and made me appreciate this.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

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

Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and to know that I can do something that I enjoy and hopefully bring some enjoyment to other people through what I do is an incrediable felling and I am just really thankfull for it.

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

Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you.

In the immortal words of LL Cool J, 'I've been here for years,'

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.

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

I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at anytime. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn't really fit in anywhere.

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.

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

I feel like it was just timing and that for the first time, I feel like this is an expression of who I am.

I know you're shining down on me from Heaven, like so many friends we've lost along the way. And I know eventually we'll be together, one sweet day.

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.

We were hanging out. I'm a huge Eddie Murphy fan. Maybe people could just see that, and that's why they made a big drama. But there is nothing going on. That's the last time I saw him.

This country is fabulous, I always have a good time here -- and I plan to move to London soon.

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

This is an incredible night. I never expected to be standing here.

We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons, I'm just in a really good, comfortable, happy place.

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

I've spent so much time working.