Zitat des Tages von Mariah Carey:
The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that gets people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.
I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me just ain't going to happen.
Marilyn Monroe Productions was the first female-owned production company in Hollywood. She paved the way for women in Hollywood, and every single woman owes something to her for that, whether they agree with her image or not.
I could do my own nails... I went to beauty school in the 11th grade. But why would I do that now?
Being biracial is so much a part of who I am that it's almost, 'Let it go already.' It's intrinsic to me. I think a lot of my fans relate to me because they felt different.
Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.
Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.
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.
In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.
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.
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 see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.
Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.
But I think I'm a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.
One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.
My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan, I guess.
This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!
Prince was one of the best people I've met. He didn't care about the big system. I was always like, at any time, Prince could write a No. 1 song because he's that talented, but he chooses to do what he wants. I respect that. He actually helped me through a lot of situations with his knowledge.
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 don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do.
There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!
I've seen the real extreme diva behaviour and I don't think that's who I am.
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.
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.
My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's.
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 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.
I don't think there were great beauty trends in the '90s - I was just doing my own thing.
I'm not vain, I'm insecure.
Time is irrelevant to me. I never wear a watch.
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 do all of my own stunts in videos. The Jet Ski scenes, the fight scenes, all of them!
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.
Stardom is a magical yet freakish situation at times. It's a cliche but very true that at times, you feel so alone, even when you're surrounded by so many people.
I started singing when I started talking.
I am very insecure about my looks, and I always have been because of being mixed race.