Honestly, everybody gets talked about. Some people control their press a little more than others. Some people feed the press and move it the way they want to. I don't do that. - Mariah Carey
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. - Mariah Carey
I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race. - Mariah Carey
I could do my own nails... I went to beauty school in the 11th grade. But why would I do that now? - Mariah Carey
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. - Mariah Carey
I do all of my own stunts in videos. The Jet Ski scenes, the fight scenes, all of them! - Mariah Carey
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. - Mariah Carey
I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to. - Mariah Carey
I don't think there were great beauty trends in the '90s - I was just doing my own thing. - Mariah Carey
I feel like it was just timing and that for the first time, I feel like this is an expression of who I am. - Mariah Carey
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. - 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 do, is divadom, it really is. - Mariah Carey
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. - Mariah Carey
I love giving gifts. It's almost like I don't open my gifts until, like, three days after Christmas 'cause I want to give everyone else their presents. - Mariah Carey
I never thought that I would have love again, but it's amazing how the universe brings love to you. - Mariah Carey
I really don't do karaoke because it becomes a vocal performance rather than fun, like, 'Let's just sing this song and be silly.' It's not fun for me. - Mariah Carey
I think certain people like to torture me because they think I've had it easier than I actually have and they think: 'Oh, she's got this, she's got that, she's always had everything perfect,' and it's sooo not true. - 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 do that? - Mariah Carey
I think that for me, personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability. - Mariah Carey
I think the greatest gift to me is that I can express myself in songs. It helps me get through some of the hardest times of my life. It also helps me celebrate some of the best times. - Mariah Carey