1. “Protect your dreams.” – Mariah Carey
2. “I really rebel against authority.” – Mariah Carey
3. “Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!” – Mariah Carey
4. “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
5. “I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time.” – Mariah Carey
6. “After a childhood of being uprooted and plopped into all kinds of precarious living arrangements, I finally had the chance to build my own, from the foundation. I got excited. I got into it.” – Mariah Carey
7. “Some of us need to be rescued, but everyone wants to be seen.” – Mariah Carey
8. “No matter how prime the real estate, how grandiose the structure, if it’s designed to monitor movement and contain the human spirit, it will serve only to diminish and demoralize those held inside.” – Mariah Carey
9. “My goal is to have a career that stands.” – Mariah Carey
10. “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
11. “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.” – Mariah Carey
12. “Don’t say she takes it all for granted I’m well aware of all I have Don’t think that I am disenchanted Please understand” – Mariah Carey
13. “I don’t think anyone knows as much about what’s right for me as I do.” – Mariah Carey
14. “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
15. “When it comes to lingerie, I know what I’m doing.” – Mariah Carey
16. “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
17. “If you’re not wearing a lot of makeup, you don’t have to take a lot of it off. So, my goal is to wear the least amount of makeup possible so I don’t have to steam my face and take it all off.” – Mariah Carey
18. “I was a fish out of water, and though I survived it, I knew that no one there really cared about me, and I certainly knew I wasn’t staying.” – Mariah Carey
19. “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
20. “You can’t live with regrets. It’s about the journey.” – Mariah Carey
21. “I work myself into the ground. But I think I’m a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.” – Mariah Carey
22. “If you just believe in me. I will love you endlessly.” – Mariah Carey
23. “More than my personal happiness, I needed my career as an artist to survive. Happiness was secondary. Happiness was a fleeting bonus. I married Tommy because I thought it was the only way for me to survive in that relationship. I saw the power he could put behind my music, and he saw the power my music could give him. Our holy matrimony was built on creativity and vulnerability.” – Mariah Carey
24. “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
25. “Christmas is always the most fun. I start looking forward to Christmas before it’s even summertime.” – Mariah Carey
26. “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
27. “There is a light at the end of the tunnel… hopefully its not a freight train!” – Mariah Carey
28. “You really have to look inside yourself to find your inner strength.” – Mariah Carey
29. “I’m very hard on myself and I have too many issues.” – Mariah Carey
30. “I can’t wear flat shoes. My feet repel them. I was in agony. My high heels had left my feet bleeding. Laugh all you want, my feet hurt.” – Mariah Carey
31. “Everyday is a holiday with me.” – Mariah Carey
32. “I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.” – Mariah Carey
33. “Don’t take anybody for granted. Cause you never know when you might lose them, and you may never get the chance to tell them how you really feel.” – Mariah Carey
34. “I’m a very good laundress when I have to be.” – Mariah Carey
35. “Whatever you’re going through in your life, don’t ever give up.” – Mariah Carey
36. “I’m not Gloria Steinem, but I mean, I’m definitely all for powerful women.” – Mariah Carey
37. “I was too excited to be self-conscious – at that point in life, my ambition was stronger than my shame. Who cared if I arrived a little hungry and a little shabby?” – Mariah Carey
38. “Cause there’s a light in me that shines brightly. They can try, but they can’t take that away from me.” – Mariah Carey
39. “truly believed that I was not worthy of both happiness and success.” – Mariah Carey
40. “One doesn’t remain a teenager forever.” – Mariah Carey
41. “When I saw you, when I saw you I could not breathe, I fell so deep. When I saw you, when I saw you I’d never be, I’d never be the same.” – Mariah Carey
42. “There’s a hero if you look inside your heart. You don’t have to be afraid of what you are.” – Mariah Carey
43. “I don’t mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.” – Mariah Carey
44. “I’m experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it’s appropriate I do it on the record.” – Mariah Carey
45. “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
46. “Trust is not very easy for me at all. I want to be a trusting person, but I’ve been bruised so many times—not to sound woe-is-me about my life.” – Mariah Carey
47. “All I want for Christmas is you.” – Mariah Carey
48. “We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons.” – Mariah Carey
49. “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
50. “I never thought that I would have love again, but it’s amazing how the universe brings love to you.” – Mariah Carey
51. “Little did I know, giving in to Tommy’s demands would gradually swallow my privacy and begin to erase my identity.” – Mariah Carey
52. “No stress, no fights. I’m leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life.” – Mariah Carey
53. “If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.” – Mariah Carey
54. “The best part of making music, for me, is collaborating and working with new people and fresh sounds and all those things that get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much.” – Mariah Carey
55. “My heart has never been broken, I’ve never broken anyone else’s.” – Mariah Carey
56. “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
57. “Everybody out there, don’t ever take anybody for granted, ’cause you never know when you might lose them and you may never get the chance to tell them how you really feel.” – Mariah Carey
58. “being teased for being poor felt like a different kind of cruel.” – Mariah Carey
59. “Underneath the shine, however, I had some inkling that there was a darker energy that came with him – a price to pay for his protection. But at nineteen, I was willing to pay.” – Mariah Carey
60. “I understand people want to hold on to their roots.” – Mariah Carey
61. “In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.” – Mariah Carey
62. “Most record executives just didn’t know how they would work my record. They weren’t sure it could “cross over.” But for the record, Teena Marie never cared about crossing over. And I didn’t want to cross over either. I wanted to transcend.” – Mariah Carey
63. “Children can be mean, but when ordinary meanness is combined with racism, it takes on a peculiar brutality, one very often sanctioned by (and learned from) adults.” – Mariah Carey
64. “I also insisted on paying half of all the costs. I wanted it to be my house.” – Mariah Carey
65. “It’s in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I’m clearly dramatic.” – Mariah Carey
66. “I’m not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I’ll do it if I have to.” – Mariah Carey
67. “This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream – don’t ever give up!” – Mariah Carey
68. “Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumors, 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
69. “If you look inside yourself, and you believe, you can be your own hero.” – Mariah Carey
70. “And I missed a lot of life, but I’ll recover Though I know you really like to see me suffer Still I wish that you and I’d forgive each other ‘Cause I miss you, Valentine, and really loved you.” – Mariah Carey
71. “It’s hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don’t know me.” – Mariah Carey
72. “Never listen to anybody who try to discourage you.” – Mariah Carey
73. “Especially since I started 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. I definitely think I wasn’t very present prior to that.” – Mariah Carey
74. “But I think I’m a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.” – Mariah Carey
75. “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
76. “Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don’t let them ever count you out.” – Mariah Carey
77. “I was barely conscious but my standards were still awake.” – Mariah Carey
78. “I’m actually a really good cook, and people don’t believe this about me!” – Mariah Carey
79. “Time is irrelevant to me. I never wear a watch.” – Mariah Carey
80. “Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.” – Mariah Carey
81. “If two people want to get married, it’s their prerogative – we hope. Everybody should be able to do what they want to do and be in the pursuit of happiness.” – Mariah Carey
82. “I’m proud of what I am and who I am, and I’m just going to be myself.” – Mariah Carey
83. “It’s in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I’m clearly dramatic.” – Mariah Carey
84. “Our relationship was always platonic and never got weird. After he heard me sing, Will believed in my talent. He took me with him to Def Jam Recordings, the hottest new hip-hop label at the time, where he was signed.” – Mariah Carey
85. “I know life can be so tough And you feel like giving up But you must be strong Baby just hold on You’ll never find the answers if you throw your life away I used to feel the way you do Still I had to keep on going.” – Mariah Carey
86. “After every storm, if you look hard enough, a rainbow appears.” – Mariah Carey
87. “I’m really fortunate. I’m really happy, and I’m really really lucky to be where I am.” – Mariah Carey
88. “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. ” – Mariah Carey
89. “Them chickens is ash and I’m lotion.” – Mariah Carey
90. “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
91. “My father taught me that words have meaning and thus, they have power.” – Mariah Carey
92. “I do all of my own stunts in videos. The Jet Ski scenes, the fight scenes, all of them!” – Mariah Carey
93. “I’ve seen the real extreme diva behavior and I don’t think that’s who I am.” – Mariah Carey
94. “If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you’re gonna make it happen.” – Mariah Carey
95. “I can still count on one hand the number of men I`ve slept with.” – Mariah Carey
96. “The fans never send me crazy things. They send me things that they put so much time and effort into making, and they are so amazing.” – Mariah Carey
97. “I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me at any time. And coming from a racially mixed background, I always felt like I didn’t really fit in anywhere.” – Mariah Carey
98. “Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.” – Mariah Carey
99. “There’s an answer, if you reach into your soul, and the sorrow that you know will melt away.” – Mariah Carey
100. “I had no idea how to handle what was going on. It was all of them against me. They had planned it. They fooled me into thinking they actually liked me.” – Mariah Carey
101. “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
102. “We’ve been expected to be perfect but we aren’t. We’re still human.” – Mariah Carey
103. “Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don’t let anyone tear them away.” – Mariah Carey