Mariah Carey Quotes

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Mariah Carey

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 27, 1970

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

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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.

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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.

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My brother and sister had a much worse childhood, I think, because they were older, and they had to deal with a lot more racism because they grew up in the '70s and I grew up more in the '80s. So they had to deal with crosses being burned on their lawn and their dogs being poisoned.

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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.

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I understand people want to hold on to their roots.

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Time is irrelevant to me. I never wear a watch.

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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.

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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.

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Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.

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I really rebel against authority.

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I'm very hard on myself and I have too many issues.

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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?

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A lot of rappers don't have to go through what I had to go through as a singer. I was always in a bubble that they put me in, but I was always punching out. It was a tough line to walk.

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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.

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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.

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I don't mind being compared to Whitney, there are people miles worse to be compared to.

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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.

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In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.

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My heart has never been broken, I've never broken anyone else's.

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