110+ Mariah Carey Quotes (Vocal, Melodic And Iconic)

Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She has had a successful career spanning over three decades, selling over 200 million records worldwide and earning numerous awards. She is known for her five-octave vocal range, melismatic singing style, and signature use of the whistle register.

Top 10 Mariah Carey Quotes

1. If you believe in yourself enough and know what you want, you're gonna make it happen.
2. I'm not great at putting my hair into a bun, but I'll do it if I have to.
3. I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself.
4. It's kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.
5. 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!
6. Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up.
7. I just want one day off when I can go swimming and eat ice cream and look at rainbows.
8. When it comes to lingerie, I know what I'm doing.
9. See, I'm looking for a man that'll rub me slow, make me sing real high when he goes down low.
10. No stress, no fights. I'm leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life.

Mariah Carey Image Quotes

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up. — Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey Short Quotes

• You really have to look inside yourself to find your inner strength.
• I am thinking of you in my sleepless solitude tonight.
• Only once in a lifetime love rushes in, changing you with the tide.
• There is a light at the end of the tunnel... hopefully its not a freight train!
• It's in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I'm clearly dramatic.
• In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.
• We have to go through certain things in order to appreciate life and learn lessons.
• If you look inside yourself, and you believe, you can be your own hero.
• I can't wear flat shoes. My feet repel them.
• Them chickens is ash and I'm lotion.

Mariah Carey Famous Quotes And Sayings

Whatever you're going through in your life, don't ever give up. — Mariah Carey

Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family and to all her millions of fans throughout the world. She will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth. — 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

It's not easy that everything you do, everybody has to come in and critique it and give their opinion. Sometimes it does help me and sometimes it hurts me as a person. That's life. I have feelings. — Mariah Carey

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

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

If you believe within your soul, just hold on tight and don't let go! You can make it, make it happen — Mariah Carey

Being a mother is probably the hardest job in the world. I feel like, in a lot of ways, children come into the world to teach us. — 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

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing that's ever happened has taken away the optimist in me. It's always, "Whatever-let's go to Disneyland." Yes, I have my bleak, tortured-artist moments, but you have to hold on to what's positive. — 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 marveled 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

You really just want to know that somebody loves you for you. Sometimes you feel like an ATM machine with a wig on it. — Mariah Carey

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

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

You look at me and see the girl,who lives inside the golden world,but don't believe, that's all there is to see,you'll never know the real me. — Mariah Carey

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

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

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

She smiles through a thousand tears, and harbors adolescent fears. She dreams of all that she can never be, she wades in insecurity. — Mariah Carey

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

Standing alone,eager to just believe,it's good enough to be what you really are,but in your heart,uncertainty forever lies,and you'll always be,somewhere on the outside. — 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 get people excited to continue in this business that we all love so much. — Mariah Carey

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

I love all holiday music. My two favorites would probably be Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas" and Nat King Cole's "The Christmas Song." They epitomize Christmas for me. Those two recordings will never be touched. That's why I've never redone them. — Mariah Carey

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

Everyday is a holiday with me. — Mariah Carey

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

I look around and see the things I have, and I remember not having them. That is one thing that keeps me grounded. I'm definitely the same person I was. . . . I never lose me, I never lose the real person. — Mariah Carey

Lord knows Dreams are hard to follow But don't let anyone Tear them away Hold on There will be tomorrow In time you'll find the way And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive 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

I don't go out much. I'm also not promiscuous. If I went out with everyone the press said I did, I'd never have time to write or sing. — Mariah Carey

To quote Frank Sinatra, "Regrets, I've had a few / But then again, too few to mention." — Mariah Carey

One doesn't remain a teenager forever. — Mariah Carey

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

Cause there's a light in me that shines brightly. They can try, but they can't take that away from me. — Mariah Carey

We've been expected to be perfect but we aren't. We're still human. — Mariah Carey

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. You have to see them! — Mariah Carey

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

I loved Jordan. He was one of the greatest athletes of our time. — Mariah Carey

Losing my mind From this hollow in my heart — Mariah Carey

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

I never thought that I would have love again, but it's amazing how the universe brings love to you. — Mariah Carey

I have memories of Australia that I'll just never ever get over — Mariah Carey

There's a hero, If you look inside your heart — Mariah Carey

I didn't have a strong male figure in my life on a day-to-day basis. So I think that whole [marriage] situation, a lot of it stems from a place where I was out there alone as a really and I always felt like the rug could be pulled out from under me. — Mariah Carey

I still listen to older music a lot more than new singers. I listen to whatever's on the radio, but when I want to listen to something that moves me I put on a Stevie Wonder record. — Mariah Carey

I'm not for the villains, I'm only for the princesses. I mean it's fun to have Jafar [Aladdin cartoon villain] or whatever; I didn't even remember their names 'cause they're not important to me. — Mariah Carey

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

I understand people want to hold on to their roots. — Mariah Carey

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

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

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through. — Mariah Carey

I can do a reddish-brown or brown lip, but not a bright red. I just don't look good in it. Over the years you learn certain things that don't look good on you, and that's one of them for me. — Mariah Carey

Since having the babies, I realize that 90 percent of losing weight is my diet. — Mariah Carey

I'm stuck in 7th grade & I just keep getting let back — Mariah Carey

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

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

True diva could not live without smart remark every now and then, a good sip of water. — Mariah Carey

People are always asking, 'Is everything ok?' Look, I was not depressed, ok? I was just freaking exhausted. — Mariah Carey

Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go. — Mariah Carey

Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you. — Mariah Carey

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

Once I was a prisoner lost inside myself with the world surrounding me, wandering through the misery, but now I am free. Free to love, free to laugh, free to soar, free to shine, free to give. — Mariah Carey

The minute I started addressing my feelings, I actually came out of very negative situations. — Mariah Carey

I think one of the reasons I pushed myself so hard and worked so hard is because I never felt special. — Mariah Carey

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

I think that for me personally, a lot of my choices have been to do with my own issues of not feeling safe as a child and feeling a sense of stability. — Mariah Carey

Father, thanks for reaching out and lovingly,saying that you've always been proud of me,I needed to feel that so desperately,you're always alive inside of me. — Mariah Carey

There's a hero if you look inside your heart. You don't have to be afraid of what you are. — Mariah Carey

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

I always sang and I always wrote...it's just having that ambition. You really can't let go of your dreams. — Mariah Carey

After every storm, if you look hard enough, a rainbow appears. — Mariah Carey

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

Lord knows dreams are hard to follow, but don't let anyone tear them away. — Mariah Carey

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

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

I really rebel against authority. — Mariah Carey

I'm the queen of festivities, that's all I can say. — Mariah Carey

I don't think anyone knows as much about what's right for me as I do. — Mariah Carey

Suffered from alienation,carried the weight on my own,had to be so strong,so I believed,and now I know I've succeeded,in finding the place I conceived. — Mariah Carey

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

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

I still get nervous sometimes before performing. — Mariah Carey

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

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

You can't live with regrets. It's about the journey — Mariah Carey

Life Lessons by Mariah Carey

1. Mariah Carey has taught us to stay true to ourselves and our dreams, no matter what anyone else thinks. She has shown us that hard work and dedication can help us achieve our goals.
2. Mariah Carey has also taught us the importance of self-care and taking time for ourselves. She has shown us that it is okay to take a break and focus on our own wellbeing.
3. Finally, Mariah Carey has taught us the power of resilience and perseverance. She has shown us that no matter how many times we fall, we can always get back up and keep going.