A biography for Mariah Careyhasn’t been written yet.
“I definitely feel more complete than before. There's a void you have when you don't feel you've found the other part of who you are, so I'm in a different place now and that's nice to experience.”
“Christmas is always the most fun. I start looking forward to Christmas before it's even summertime.”
“I don't think there were great beauty trends in the '90s - I was just doing my own thing.”
“My fans have made all my career moments special for me. They are the ones that have gotten me through every single thing - good times and bad, they are who I go to and lean on. I am very thankful for that.”
“Especially since I started studying acting, I feel like I'm always super-aware of my emotions and my feelings and what's going on with me at every moment. I definitely think I wasn't very present prior to that.”
“I've seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don't think that's who I am.”
“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 think I have to remain eternally oblivious to age. Honestly, when you put a number on it yourself, it's just like, Why? Why do that?”
“I'm actually really good at Balderdash, and no one wants to play that game with me. Especially the movies category; I don't want to give away my secrets, but I am pretty good at that category.”
“I understand people want to hold on to their roots.”
“In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.”
“I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.”
“I think certain people like to torture me because they think I've had it easier than I actually have and they think: 'Oh, she's got this, she's got that, she's always had everything perfect,' and it's sooo not true.”
“My father identified as a black man. No one asked him because he was clearly black. But people always ask me. If we were together, people would look at us in a really strange way. It sucked. As a little girl I had blond hair and they'd look at me, look at him, and be disgusted.”
“I think that for me, personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability.”
“The fans never send me crazy things. They send me things that they put so much time and effort into making, and they are so amazing.”
“Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.”
“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.”
“I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.”
“I really rebel against authority.”