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.

Quote by Mariah Carey

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

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

I gotta shake you off. Cause the lovin' ain't the same and you keep on...

I gotta shake you off. Cause the lovin' ain't the same and you keep on...

Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I...

Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I...

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I...

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I...

There is a light at the end of the tunnel...hopefully it's not a freight train!

There is a light at the end of the tunnel...hopefully it's not a freight train!

There's never been anything else in my life that inspired me at all. It`s crazy,...

There's never been anything else in my life that inspired me at all. It`s crazy,...

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

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

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

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

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and...

If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and...

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't...

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't...

People all of a sudden just see me and hear me having hit records and...

People all of a sudden just see me and hear me having hit records and...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it`s their problem. Anybody with half a...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it`s their problem. Anybody with half a...

I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother...

I've always said that my father is half black and half Venezuelan and my mother...

They went through some very hard times before I was born. They had their dogs...

They went through some very hard times before I was born. They had their dogs...

I rarely go to bed before 5 or 6 am. I am a girl of...

I rarely go to bed before 5 or 6 am. I am a girl of...

I don`t know why, but everybody thinks that I`m short. When they see me for...

I don`t know why, but everybody thinks that I`m short. When they see me for...

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

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

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a...

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a...

I don't know why, but everybody thinks that I'm short. When they see me for...

I don't know why, but everybody thinks that I'm short. When they see me for...

There was a time when all I was allowed to do was go to gay...

There was a time when all I was allowed to do was go to gay...