Top 30 Quotes about Mariah Carey

I’ve been working so hard, I’m about to have a Mariah Carey.

Mariah Carey, Rihanna, the female rapper Nicki Minaj, my kids – and what do they all have in common? They’re all lighter skinned. Do you think that’s an accident?

People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I’m doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

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

My dad would always play Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, and Anita Baker, so I fell in love with them. I would try to make my voice sound like theirs.

I can sing as low as Toni Braxton and as high as Mariah Carey.

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.’

I love me some Mariah Carey. I grew up on that because of my mother.

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.

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.

I’m a massive Mariah Carey fan.

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.

I like works by Bryan Adams and Mariah Carey, among others.

I’ve always been interested in Mariah Carey, Beyonce, and Leona Lewis.

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.

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.

All I want to do at karaoke is sing Mariah Carey.

I love Alicia Keys, Chris Brown, Usher, Mariah Carey… all that stuff.

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.

I was doing gigs at 16, belting out all the big ballads like Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.

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.

For me, my favorite Mariah Carey songs were never the singles, ever. My favorite Mariah song of all time is ‘Sent From Up Above’ from her first album, or ‘Vanishing,’ songs no one talks about.

Besides Christianity and specifically Catholicism being wonderful, Christmas is intrinsic to American culture and worth defending. Think of what happens at Christmas time. People play Mariah Carey Christmas songs… What else do you need in life?

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.

In Malaysia, we have a lot of divas, like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey singers. And they were all so so talented, just very talented. For example, there’s this one jazz singer, her name is Sheila Majid, and I was always singing her songs.

I’m a huge closet Mariah Carey fan – she’s got one of the best voices probably ever.

Mariah Carey was the first singer I ever listened to.

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.

I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.

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.