A biography for Mariah Careyhasn’t been written yet.
“I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race.”
“If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.”
“I started singing when I started talking.”
“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.”
“I love giving gifts. It's almost like I don't open my gifts until, like, three days after Christmas 'cause I want to give everyone else their presents.”
“You really just want to know that somebody loves you for you. Sometimes you feel like an ATM machine with a wig on it.”
“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.”
“I'm actually a really good cook, and people don't believe this about me!”
“I'm a very good laundress when I have to be.”
“I used to be able to slim down just by exercising more, but that's changed.”
“The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that gets people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.”
“Some of us talk about other people and what they do and la la la. But I'm not that person.”
“I'm very hard on myself and I have too many issues.”
“I really don't do karaoke because it becomes a vocal performance rather than fun, like, 'Let's just sing this song and be silly.' It's not fun for me.”
“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!”
“Stardom is a magical yet freakish situation at times. It's a cliche but very true that at times, you feel so alone, even when you're surrounded by so many people.”
“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.”
“I've been working on my craft for a long time. People never want to let go of the whole 'Glitter,'... I'm like, 'It's eight years later, people. Let's move on.”
“I work myself into the ground. But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.”
“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.”