Quotes About Mariah Carey

#1. People have been kind enough to compare me to Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. I think it's amazing that they even put my name in the same sentence.

Leona Lewis

#2. At primary school, me and my best friend used to do D.I.Y. assemblies, and we'd do it as many times as we could until we got banned! We used to sing 'Hero' by Mariah Carey; it was, like, my favourite song; we were obsessed with it. We'd do it as a duet, and it's the first I remember performing.

Jess Glynne

#3. It was like orderin a hamburger and getting only the buns
(After Brooke White of season 7 on american idol sang the song 'Hero'
by Mariah Carey)

Simon Cowell

#4. I am a total coffee snob and bore. If anyone makes the mistake of offering me 'a coffee' they tend to regret it - I'm worse than Mariah Carey, and the hot milk rider is completely non-negotiable.

Rachel Johnson

#5. I've always been a big fan of Mariah Carey. I think it's her personality. As much as she has an amazing voice, she has a crazy personality and I love the fact that she's not afraid to hide that.

Jessica Mauboy

#6. I think it is about individuality so I don't have a sense to tell someone they need a makeover. One example I would give is Mariah Carey. She has been the same for so long but I bet she is thinking, "If it ain't broke then don't fix it." She is dated but I love Mariah for that.

Michelle Visage

#7. I am not worthy to be on a Mariah Carey record. She's a true artist, so I just step back and watch the genius occur.

Nick Cannon

#8. It's always been my dream to look like Mariah Carey in my photos with a microphone. I don't know how she does it. When she sings, she looks perfect.

Solange Knowles

#9. I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey.

Usher

#10. Mariah Carey is kinda scary.

The Notorious B.I.G.

#11. I'd just recorded it in Mariah Carey's studio. THey thought the song was perfect for Nina, because she's so shy, so it was nice to have that connection with Nina in the song. It was special.

Delta Goodrem

#12. You want to see the joy in people, and you want to see the person that always dreamt of being a star, you know? You want to see people having a great time. So Mariah Carey is a huge fan of George Michael.

James Corden

#13. I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown.

Kathy Griffin

#14. It was a chance meeting with a lady at Mariah Carey's record company who was here in our office, actually. And I pulled her in here to this very office that we're sitting in now, and I played her the clip of me and George Michael singing. And I was like, it's joyful. And that's what people want.

James Corden

#15. I'm a huge fan of Mariah Carey. I admired her music for so long. It's hard to follow on her footstep. She's so successful. Mariah's Mariah. To be compared to her is a huge compliment.

Jessica Simpson

#16. Talent grips us. We are overtaken by the beauty of Michelangelo's sculpture, riveted by Mariah Carey's angelic voice, doubled over in laughter by the comedy of Robin Williams, and captivated by the on screen performances of Denzel Washington.

John C. Maxwell

#17. I've always looked up to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey for their outstanding vocal performances. I've always been inspired by them.

Jessica Mauboy

#18. I'm not a singer, so I reproduce a little bit what I see on television and what I listen to on the radio. I don't have self-control, really, so I didn't want to sing like Mariah Carey.

Louis Garrel

#19. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

Victoria Beckham

#20. Some people say I've got a five-octave range, which is ridiculous. That would mean I'd sing like Mariah Carey or that alien in 'The Fifth Element.' And I'm nothing like that blue alien. I've got a range of about 3 1/2 octaves.

Mika.

#21. I cannot hold a grudge against Mariah Carey. What people don't understand is that I've looked up to her for so many years.

Nicki Minaj

#22. You don't think it' too short? Mariah Carey shows less skin.

Jamie McGuire

#23. I never envisioned being number one for five weeks, knocking Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men off the charts. That's the scariest thing and the greatest thing that ever happened to me.

Sir Mix-a-Lot

#24. I was really into R&B and stuff like that, so I really wanted to sing like Faith Evans or Mariah Carey. But I definitely don't have the skills to sing like that.

Yukimi Nagano

#25. I listened to a lot of Michael Jackson growing up. A lot of Boyz II Men. I loved Mariah Carey. Just big vocalists. I was always that kid who just wore whatever and did whatever.

Justin Bieber

#26. Mariah Carey is my favorite singer because her voice sounds utterly groundless. It's not even a human voice; it almost sounds mechanical.

Grimes

#27. Once there was a time
when I had jock itch .
It itchedbad. Then it
turned to acne. I chose
Stridex.
'Pig's Valve' - Mariah Carey: The Early Poems

Mariah Carey

#28. Anyone who's married to Mariah Carey - I'm pretty sure - doesn't have a great sense of humor. I mean, let's be honest: she's ridiculous. What is her game plan?

Chelsea Handler

#29. I think of someone like Mariah Carey as a singer.

Graham Coxon

#30. I'm a big perfectionist! I'm trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do.

Ariana Grande

#31. I wanted to bring back that big, ballad type of music that we used to love so much. Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, when they first came out, that's what I grew up singing.

LaToya London

#32. When I was growing up, I read Britney Spears' and Mariah Carey's biographies. I just wanted to see how they did it because I was so eager to get into the biz.

Pixie Lott

#33. If you really want to torture me, sit me in a room strapped to a chair and put Mariah Carey's records on.

Cameron Diaz

#34. I've been a big believer in musicians turned actor, going back to Sinatra winning the Oscar for 'From Here To Eternity.' David Bowie in 'Man Who Fell to Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's been great in a bunch of films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I thought was great in 'Precious.'

Peter Berg

#35. I think the best singers in the world, historically, are American. Britain's got its fair share, as well, but some of the greatest singers, ever, whether you're talking about Whitney [Houston] or Mariah [Carey] or Aretha Franklin, are from the legacy here.

Simon Cowell

#36. 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

#37. You can't live with regrets. It's about the journey

Mariah Carey

#38. Wisdom - Each day you wake up, know that your life is like a trillion dollars, use it wisely!

Pete Warner

#39. 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

#40. Sipping Bailey's Cream by the stereo, trying to find relief on the radio. I'm suppressing the tears.

Mariah Carey

#41. You don't have to be doing vocal acrobatics or singing all over the scale to have soul.

Mariah Carey

#42. 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

#43. Especially since I stared studying acting, I feel like I'm always super-aware of my emotions and my feelings and what's going on with me at every moment.

Mariah Carey

#44. 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

#45. I've been working on my craft for a long time. People never want to let go of the whole 'Glitter,' ... I'm like, 'It's eight years later, people. Let's move on.

Mariah Carey

#46. I am thinking of you in my sleepless solitude tonight.

Mariah Carey

#47. The minute I started addressing my feelings, I actually came out of very negative situations.

Mariah Carey

#48. There's a hero, If you look inside your heart

Mariah Carey

#49. We've all been influenced by other people ... If Minnie Riperton never existed, would I have even thought of singing in that (upper) register? I doubt it.

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

#51. I want to collaborate with me 'cause I've done so many collaborations that after a certain point unless you're really working with a certain caliber of an artist, there's no point [to collaborate].

Mariah Carey

#52. See, I'm looking for a man that'll rub me slow, make me sing real high when he goes down low.

Mariah Carey

#53. Something in your eyes captured my soul, and every night I see you in my dreams. You're all I know. I can't let go.

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

#55. 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

#56. Pregnancy was probably the best and the hardest thing I'll ever go through. I know for a lot of women, it can be wonderful and relatively easy.

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

#58. When you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.

Mariah Carey

#59. 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.

Mariah Carey

#60. I'm the queen of festivities, that's all I can say.

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

#62. 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.

Mariah Carey

#63. 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..

Mariah Carey

#64. I've seen other artists put out movies that went straight to DVD, and no one cared. Maybe their own fans bought the thing, and that was fine.

Mariah Carey

#65. 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?

Mariah Carey

#66. So when you feel like hope is gone,
look inside you and be strong,
and you'll finally see the truth -
that a hero lies in you.

Mariah Carey

#67. Sometimes it's tough because I've got to sleep 15 hours to sing the way I want to. It's not easy because my vocal chords are different than most people's.

Mariah Carey

#68. 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

#69. It seems as though I've always been,somebody outside looking in,well, here I am for all of them to bleed,but they can't take my heart from me,and they can't bring me to my knees,they'll never know the real me.

Mariah Carey

#70. 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

#71. The international music scene has grown so much, and America is sort of following that.

Mariah Carey

#72. It's a long road when you face the world alone, when no one reaches out a hand for you to hold. You can find love if you search within your soul, and the emptiness you felt will disappear.

Mariah Carey

#73. 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.

Mariah Carey

#74. I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do.

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

#76. There's an answer, if you reach into your soul, and the sorrow that you know will melt away.

Mariah Carey

#77. I think one of the reasons I pushed myself so hard and worked so hard is because I never felt special.

Mariah Carey

#78. We're all a little wacko sometimes, and if we think we're not, maybe we are more than we know.

Mariah Carey

#79. 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.

Mariah Carey

#80. It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.

Mariah Carey

#81. It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.

Mariah Carey

#82. Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don't let 'em ever count you out.

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

#84. I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial.

Mariah Carey

#85. 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!

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

#88. Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you.

Mariah Carey

#89. 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

Mariah Carey

#90. 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

#91. I work myself into the ground.

Mariah Carey

#92. It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic.

Mariah Carey

#93. So many I considered, closest to me,turned on a dime and sold me out dutifully,although that knife was chipping away at me,they turned their eyes away and went home to sleep.

Mariah Carey

#94. Right now Jack lives with me. Jack is my Jack Russell. I also have a Yorkie named Ginger, but Jack and Ginger can't be in the same place at the same time because she is very jealous. Even if Jack's not in the same state, she would growl if she heard his name.

Mariah Carey

#95. You talk to people and they seem really nice and then you read what they write and it's very disillusioning. You have to deal with how people let you down in terms of that. Because I think I'm basically a nice person and I think I'm a real person, and a lot of people aren't.

Mariah Carey

#96. We've been expected to be perfect but we aren't. We're still human.

Mariah Carey

#97. Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away.

Mariah Carey

#98. You can fight against people, and fight to the death, but ... can't control the world.

Mariah Carey

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

Mariah Carey

#100. 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.

Mariah Carey