Someone said I never paid any dues. I feel my whole life was struggling, because we were poor. We were alone, we had nothing--no security. I feel I have paid my dues. I've been paying my dues all my life.

Quote by Mariah Carey

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I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on...

I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on...

Now everytime I see you, I pretend I'm fine. When I wanna reach out to...

Now everytime I see you, I pretend I'm fine. When I wanna reach out to...

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They...

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They...

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...

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...

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me...

I'd rather be onstage with a pig - a duet with Jennifer Lopez and me...

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...

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me , but I just keep on coming back...

Heartbreaker, you got the best of me , but I just keep on coming back...

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan,...

My mother is Irish, my father is black and Venezuelan, and me - I'm tan,...

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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!

If you don't know me at this point. Then I highly doubt you ever will....

If you don't know me at this point. Then I highly doubt you ever will....

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...

Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just...

Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just...

But it's a Broadway show, so even if you're Christine in Phantom, you're still a...

But it's a Broadway show, so even if you're Christine in Phantom, you're still a...