A biography for Mariah Careyhasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I can still count on one hand the number of men I`ve slept with.”
“Since having the babies, I realize that 90 percent of losing weight is my diet.”
“Pregnancy was probably the best and the hardest thing I'll ever go through. I know for a lot of women, it can be wonderful and relatively easy.”
“I never thought that I would have love again, but it's amazing how the universe brings love to you.”
“Trust is not very easy for me at all. I want to be a trusting person, but I've been bruised so many times - not to sound woe-is-me about my life.”
“Time is irrelevant to me. I never wear a watch.”
“Sometimes I wake up laughing when I have a great dream. And sometimes I have nightmares - and I hate them.”
“I love the grimiest rappers in the world. That's my favorite.”
“But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.”
“I was a reader as a child, believe it or not.”
“Being biracial is so much a part of who I am that it's almost, 'Let it go already.' It's intrinsic to me. I think a lot of my fans relate to me because they felt different.”
“I'm not Gloria Steinem, but I mean, I'm definitely all for powerful women.”
“Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.”
“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?'”
“It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.”
“If you're not wearing a lot of makeup, you don't have to take a lot of it off. So, my goal is to wear the least amount of makeup possible so I don't have to steam my face and take it all off.”
“I'm not vain, I'm insecure.”
“I arrange flowers in my spare time. Well, when I have spare time, that is.”
“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.”