I look around and see the things I have, and I remember not having them. That is one thing that keeps me grounded. I'm definitely the same person I was. . . . I never lose me, I never lose the real person. — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
You talk to people and they seem really nice and then you read what they write and it's very disillusioning. You have to deal with how people let you down in terms of that. Because I think I'm basically a… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
There is a light at the end of the tunnel...hopefully it's not a freight train. — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself. — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
