Mariah Carey - Quotes

• 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.

• Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

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

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

• 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.

• 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 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 marvelled at it.

• 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'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am.

• 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.

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

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

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

• 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.

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

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