People all of a sudden just see me and hear me having hit records and it seems to have come out of the blue. But really I have been working towards this my whole life, and this is what I… — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
Someone said I never paid any dues. I feel my whole life was struggling, because we were poor. We were alone, we had nothing--no security. I feel I have paid my dues. I've been paying my dues all my life. — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
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… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
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… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
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,… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
There is a light at the end of the tunnel...hopefully it's not a freight train. — Mariah Carey Copy Share
The fans never send me crazy things. They send me things that they put so much time and effort into making, and they are… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can. — Mariah Carey Copy Share
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… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
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… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
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… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
Honestly, everybody gets talked about. Some people control their press a little more than others. Some people feed the press and move it the… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
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… — Mariah Carey Copy Share
