One day I promised God that if he would give me my voice back I would never smoke again. I got three octaves back after quitting.
MARIAH CAREYI 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.
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Basically, I started singing when I started talking. Music has just been my saving grace my whole life.
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Stay triumphant, keep on living. Stay on your toes, get off the ropes. Don’t let ’em ever count you out.
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I work myself into the ground. But I think I’m a nice friend and a good person, and I try to do my work as best I can.
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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.
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One doesn’t remain a teenager forever.
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I think one of the reasons I pushed myself so hard and worked so hard is because I never felt special.
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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!
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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.
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I’m not vain, I’m insecure.
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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.
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No stress, no fights. I’m leaving it all behind. No tears, no time to cry. Just making the most of life.
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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.
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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.
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We’ve been expected to be perfect but we aren’t. We’re still human.
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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.
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