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> [In any big spectacular, it's really difficult to have enough voices to cover all the vocal parts. To give the audience the complete experience they're expecting, there is some reinforcement, some playback that everybody's hearing. Sometimes it's background vocals, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/in-any-big-spectacular-it-s-really-difficult-to-have-enough-voices-to/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

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## More by Mariah Carey

> [I don't know why, but everybody thinks that I'm short. When they see me for the first time, women are always surprised to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/i-don-t-know-why-but-everybody-thinks-that-i-m-short-when-they-see-me/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/the-best-part-of-making-music-for-me-is-collaborating-and-working/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/i-know-i-can-be-diva-ish-sometimes-but-i-have-to-be-in-control-the/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [Nothing that's ever happened has taken away the optimist in me. It's always, "Whatever-let's go to Disneyland." Yes, I have my bleak, tortured-artist moments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/nothing-that-s-ever-happened-has-taken-away-the-optimist-in-me-it-s/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [There is a light at the end of the tunnel...hopefully it's not a freight train.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/there-is-a-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-hopefully-it-s-not-a/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [The fans never send me crazy things. They send me things that they put so much time and effort into making, and they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/the-fans-never-send-me-crazy-things-they-send-me-things-that-they-put/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/but-i-think-i-m-a-nice-friend-and-a-good-person-and-i-try-to-do-my/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/whenever-i-watch-tv-and-see-those-poor-starving-kids-all-over-the/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/i-m-proud-of-what-i-am-and-who-i-am-and-i-m-just-going-to-be-myself/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [I am thinking of you in my sleepless solitude tonight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/i-am-thinking-of-you-in-my-sleepless-solitude-tonight/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/i-think-i-have-to-remain-eternally-oblivious-to-age-honestly-when-you/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [Sometimes it's tough because I've got to sleep 15 hours to sing the way I want to. It's not easy because my vocal chords…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/sometimes-it-s-tough-because-i-ve-got-to-sleep-15-hours-to-sing-the/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [Honestly, everybody gets talked about. Some people control their press a little more than others. Some people feed the press and move it the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/honestly-everybody-gets-talked-about-some-people-control-their-press/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [I work myself into the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/i-work-myself-into-the-ground/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

> [It's not easy that everything you do, everybody has to come in and critique it and give their opinion. Sometimes it does help me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mariah-carey/it-s-not-easy-that-everything-you-do-everybody-has-to-come-in-and/)

[Mariah Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mariah-carey/)

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