Cause there’s a light in me that shines brightly. They can try, but they can’t take that away from me.
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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It’s in my genes. My mother was an opera singer. I’m clearly dramatic.
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After every storm, if you look hard enough, a rainbow appears.
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I’m not a subscriber to walking into large corporate entities that I have to walk into and be waiting in line, because then I have to stand there.
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It’s a long road when you face the world alone, when no one reaches out a hand for you to hold. You can find love if you search within your soul, and the emptiness you felt will disappear.
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I’m experimenting with my voice. Every day I do different things with it, and if I feel it’s appropriate I do it on the record.
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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’m not vain, I’m insecure.
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Whatever you’re going through in your life, don’t ever give up.
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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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Everyday is a holiday with me.
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If you see me as just the princess then you misunderstand who I am and what I have been through.
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It’s kinda like being on a roller coaster. If you don’t get on the ride, you won’t experience the adventure.
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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.
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Pregnancy was probably the best and the hardest thing I’ll ever go through. I know for a lot of women, it can be wonderful and relatively easy.
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I’m far from perfect. I’m still learning. I overworked myself, and I paid the price. I consider the breakdown a breakthrough. I needed to hit rock bottom. I needed to understand the cost of pushing so hard; fighting so hard against the system.
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