Mariah Carey

“I'm not a diva. I'm a tad more despotic than that.”

“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.”

“If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.”

“You can't live with regrets. It's about the choices you make.”

“You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, 'I'm proud of what I am and who I am.'”

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

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

“One day I'll be a star. You'll see. It's my destiny.”

“It's hard to be someone that people talk about and not be able to just be.”

“Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.”

“I'm a singer, a writer, a producer, and I do my own background vocals.”

“I don't think I've ever been a hugely confident person.”

“This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up!”

“I'm really fortunate. I'm really happy, and I'm really excited to be where I'm at.”

“Music is what I love and it's what I do. It's a blessing.”

“I'm not one of those people that goes into details of my personal life on national television to get attention. Some things are better left unsaid.”

“When you're a songwriter, you're not writing a song for a specific demographic.”

“I wanted to be a singer, and I wanted to be a songwriter. That was all I ever really wanted.”