Quotes from Mariah Carey

I'm actually very loyal, to my detriment.

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 and sometimes it hurts me as a person. That's life. I have feelings.

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.

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.

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

I've seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don't think that's who I am.

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

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.

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.

No stress, no fights. I'm leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life.

We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons.

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.

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.

My fans have made all my career moments special for me. They are the ones that have gotten me through every single thing - good times and bad, they are who I go to and lean on. I am very thankful for that.

I started writing poetry when I was six. I had this teacher who didn't believe the poems I'd bring in were mine because they were dark and sad. But I wrote about what I experienced in my childhood.

I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race.

I'm actually a really good cook, and people don't believe this about me!

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 love the grimiest rappers in the world. That's my favorite.

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.

I was a reader as a child, believe it or not.

I've been blessed to live my dream more than half my life, so I want help give that back to someone else.

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

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.