Mariah Carey Quotes
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- 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! (Madison Square Garden, 1995)
- 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. We’ve come a long way and I feel like I’m just getting started. Because as an artist, and most importantly as a person, I am genuinely happy to finally be free to be who I am. Thank you. – Mariah sticks it to the critics at the 1999 Billboard Music Awards.
- There is a light at the end of the tunnel…hopefully it’s not a freight train!
- 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 feeling and I am just really thankful for it
- One person could say “Hero is a schmaltzy piece of garbage, but another person can write me a letter and say, ‘I’ve considered commiting suicide every day of my life for the last ten years until I heard that song and I realized after all I can be my own hero.’ And that, that’s an unexplainable feeling, like I’ve done something with my life, ya know? – Mariah discusses the importance of her music.
- A lot of the time they (the media) form the idea in listeners’ minds. Calling me a ‘pop diva’ without listening to my work so when I come out with an urban song it’s like, ‘Pop diva goes black.’ I mean, pur-lease.- Mariah from Hip Hop magazine
- Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.
- 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
- 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.
- I’m not vain, I’m insecure.
- I decided to make my own ski-wear range after I found there were no fashion outfits for me to wear on the piste.
- It’s hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don’t know me.
- I prayed very hard for this to happen and it happened. I don’t even think about what I’ve achieved, I haven’t focused on it and I wish I had, because I really want to enjoy it, and I don’t know if I am enjoying it, because I am going through my life like a bulldozer. I still haven’t marveled at it. I don’t mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to, but if you really listen there’s a difference.
- People all of a sudden just see me and hear me having hit records and it seems to have come out of the blue. But really I have been working towards this my whole life, and this is what I say when people say I haven’t paid my dues.
- What I write is all from my imagination. Fact is, I haven’t had time to experience all that, but that doesn’t mean to say that I don’t write from the heart, because I do. I put myself in other women’s shoes, I can feel their pain and joy when I think about it. It’s all the same, we’re all women.
- There’s never been anything else in my life that inspired me at all. It’s crazy, but I’ve always loved music and I’ve always known this was what I wanted to do. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a singer.
- [Referring to the media] They sensationalize everything. They have papers to sell, TV shows to sell, ratings to get. They’re not interested in writing, I had a normal day, that I woke up, put on a pair of sweats, walked my dog, had lunch and went home.
- Someone said I never paid any dues.I feel my whole life was struggling, because we were poor. We were alone, we had nothing–no security. I feel I have paid my dues. I’ve been paying my dues all my life.
- They went through some very hard times before I was born. They had their dogs poisoned, their cars set on fire and blown up. It put a strain on their relationship that never quit. There was always this tension. They just fought all the time. [On her parents' divorce]
- I’ve always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother is Irish. But people don’t understand. They can’t fathom that I’m African American, Venezuelan and Irish.
- And maybe there are some people out there who think a quarter Venezuelan is not a lot… Well, I may be only one quarter, but it’s a strong quarter.
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