"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." - Mariah Carey
"Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go." - Mariah Carey
"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." - 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 don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to." - Mariah Carey
"I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do." - 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 prayed very hard for this to happen and it happened. I don't even think about what I've achieved, I haven't focused on it and I wish I had, because I really want to enjoy it, and I don't know if I am enjoying it, because I am going through my life like a bulldozer. I still haven't marvelled at it." - Mariah Carey
"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." - Mariah Carey
"I'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really really lucky to be where I am." - Mariah Carey
"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." - Mariah Carey
"If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through." - Mariah Carey
"In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best." - Mariah Carey
"It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me." - Mariah Carey
"Music is what I love and it's what I feel and it's in me and to know that I can do something that I enjoy and hopefully bring some enjoyment to other people through what I do is an incrediable felling and I am just really thankfull for it." - Mariah Carey
"My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's." - Mariah Carey
"Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you." - Mariah Carey
"There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!" - Mariah Carey
"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!" - Mariah Carey
"You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, "I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself."" - Mariah Carey
