Best 120 quotes of Mariah Carey on MyQuotes

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.

Apparently I don't do stairs, I won't walk on carpet and I refuse to walk on grass. How do I do to get around, hover?

Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.

Being a mother is probably the hardest job in the world. I feel like, in a lot of ways, children come into the world to teach us.

Cause there's a light in me that shines brightly. They can try, but they can't take that away from me.

Don't you know that you're blowing my mind? What you do to me I can't describe. Baby, I can't hold back anymore. I just can't conceal it. You're the one I really adore.

Everybody Out There....Dont take ANYBODY for granted.Cause you never know when you might lose them,and you may never get the chance to tell them how you really feel

Everyday is a holiday with me.

Father, thanks for reaching out and lovingly,saying that you've always been proud of me,I needed to feel that so desperately,you're always alive inside of me.

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.

Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth.

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 always sang and I always wrote...it's just having that ambition. You really can't let go of your dreams.

I am thinking of you in my sleepless solitude tonight.

I can do a reddish-brown or brown lip, but not a bright red. I just don't look good in it. Over the years you learn certain things that don't look good on you, and that's one of them for me.

I can make it through the rain, I can stand up once again, on my own, and I know, that I'm strong enough to mend, and every time I feel afraid I hold tighter to my faith, and I live one more day and I make it through the rain.

I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them. I was in agony. My high heels had left my feet bleeding. Laugh all you want, my feet hurt

I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them.

I definitely feel more complete than before. There's a void you have when you don't feel you've found the other part of who you are, so I'm in a different place now and that's nice to experience.

I didn't have a strong male figure in my life on a day-to-day basis. So I think that whole [marriage] situation, a lot of it stems from a place where I was out there alone as a really and I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me.

I do not think I reinvent myself. Wearing my hair differently or changing my style of dress is playing dress-up. I don't take it too seriously.

I don't go out much. I'm also not promiscuous. If I went out with everyone the press said I did, I'd never have time to write or sing.

I don't mind being compared to Whitney (Houston), there are people miles worse to be compared to.

I don't want a boyfriend just for the sake of it. I don't trust most people out there. There's too much at risk and I don't need to be a notch on somebody's bedpost. I'll flirt with you all night long, but then it's buh, bye!

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 look inside yourself, and you believe, you can be your own hero.

If two people want to get married, it’s their prerogative - we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness.

If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you're gonna make it happen.

If you believe within your soul, just hold on tight and don't let go! You can make it, make it happen

If you just believe in me. I will love you endlessly.

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

I have memories of Australia that I'll just never ever get over

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 just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.

I know you're shining down on me from Heaven, like so many friends we've lost along the way. And I know eventually we'll be together, one sweet day.

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.

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.

I love "Frosty the Snowman." My family and I like to go on a sleigh ride with a two-horse sleigh in Aspen, so we all scream different songs at the top of our lungs. I hope it doesn't scare the horses.

I'm experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it's appropriate I do it on the record.

I'm far from perfect. I'm still learning. I overworked myself, and I paid the price. I consider the breakdown a breakthrough. I needed to hit rock bottom. I needed to understand the cost of pushing so hard; fighting so hard against the system.

I'm not a subscriber to walking into large corporate entities that I have to walk into and be waiting in line, because then I have to stand there.

I'm not for the villains, I'm only for the princesses. I mean it's fun to have Jafar [Aladdin cartoon villain] or whatever; I didn't even remember their names 'cause they're not important to me.

I'm not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I'll do it if I have to.

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 not vain, I'm insecure.

I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.

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

I'm so thankful that I've received The answer that heaven has sent down to me You treated me kind Sweet destiny And I'll be eternally grateful

I'm stuck in 7th grade & I just keep getting let back

I'm very hard on myself and I have too many issues.