Quotes about Mariah

"I've been working so hard, I'm about to have a Mariah Carey" - Usher

'When you go in the studio with someone like Mariah, well, someone like that, you can't tell them nothing! Everytime i'm around Mariah, she makes me wants to come home and fire all my workers and get a whole new crew because her situation is so tight. I love beeing around everything she does, of all the people I worked with, she really don't play around. She knows what she wants to do'' - Jermane Dupri

''As a musical artist I admire...wow...Jermaine Dupri, even though he's a producer. He's my idol.I admire Mariah, there's so many I admire. Basically I admire people that are talented and assert themselves'' - Da Brat

"I have met her [Carey] before and she's really cool and so funny. Everyone has been given the wrong impression of her, and maybe it is her doing. But you have to remember that celebrities are always in the spotlight and are sometimes forced to conduct them selves in a different way than they normally do. That's how it is in the business. I have met artists who are real divas, but Mariah Carey is not one of them. She is a very sweet person, and what nobody sees off camera is the real person she is on the inside." - Janet Jackson

"Mariah is very grounded, a smart and level-headed person. I don't understand why people criticize her intelligence when she can do something as miraculous as recover from a physical and exhaustion breakdown, a record label buy-out, a film flop, and a soundtrack whose sales has proven to have received little to no recognition and absolutely no promotion. She can't be that simple if she can make a come back the way she did. She hasn't been given enough credit in my opinion. She has to be some sort of a genius actually just to have focused on becoming a stronger person and not letting people like the media destroy her completely. There are some people out there that can't handle the pressure of being a celebrity and the criticism and knowing that besides success there is always failure that you have to lean to recover from, and Mariah has proven to be the type of person who doesn't let anyone or anything break her down. She knows how to keep her life on track and if that isn't intelligence then I don't know what is." - Shania Twain

"I was definitely always a fan of hers. We're on the same record label, so that's how it (the tour) came about. I met her in Miami and she's really cool. She's so down to earth and funny, which I didn't expect." - Ashanti

"I remember once I was upset about something and I was talking to Mariah. I told her that there was something on my mind and I wanted to talk about it. She says to me, 'Sure thing. I know if I had a problem I'd wanna confide in someone like me', meaning herself. That had me cracking up. MC is a funny girl and always makes me laugh no matter what. I love her! ...Mariah and Whitney are tight with each other, have been for awhile. They are always there for each other and Whitney told me herself one time that Mariah is her closest friend and is like a sister to her. She'd just keep referring to Mariah as her sister in conversations. Mariah knew how Whitney felt about her and told her she was touched by her gesture, and said she'd love to be her sister. Whenever I'd hang out with them they'd refer to each other as sister and they were so cute when they were together. I told them they have a unique and special relationship being honorary sisters the way they were, and that it made me wish I had a special relationship like that with someone, so they said they'd adopt me and we could all be sisters in a way like no other. That's how our special relationship formed. A relationship I'll treasure forever." - Missy Elliot

"She's very talented actually. I don't think people have yet given her credit as an actress, but they will when they see this." - Mira Sorvino

"You know later in life I was inspired to sing and that would've been Aretha, Chaka Khan, Mariah - the typical divas were the inspiration. I've always enjoyed all those singers." - Anastacia

"I am probably one of the strangest musicians you will meet when it comes to music. I wasn't really into music in the way musicians are. I thought that Mariah Carey and Celine Dion were great artists but I didn't really get into music in that way. I am really moved that some people can get into music so young." - Anastacia

"Everything that I decide to do means something, otherwise I don´t do them. That night I was going to be surrounded by amazing, talented people like Aretha Franklin, MARIAH CAREY, Gloria Estefan, and Shania Twain" - Celine Dion

"Mariah's voice comes from God" - Beyonce

"If Mariah was to ask me to duet with her, I will travel immediately 20000 km in order to sing with her for sure!" - Celine Dion

"Me & Mariah are real good friends. In that case, friends do things for each other and they make time to do it." - Jermaine Dupri

"Mariah, she listens to RAP. She's just straight up cool." - Missy Elliot

"As an actress, she's natural. She's growing. Butterfly is such a right name for her. She's come out of her cocoon, and she's spreading those wings. She's blossoming in the woman she's becoming." - Debbie Allen

"Mariah showered me with flowers for a week and sent me to her private jet plane to ride and flew with her to the Billboard Music Awards." - Brandy

"Mariah Carey wasn't what I thought. I expected her to be arrogant, but she wasn't. She was really great, really normal." - David Fumero (the model Mariah worked with in the Honey video).

"Oh, my Gosh! Can you imagine they're comparing you to her...I mean she's the BIGGEST SELLING ARTIST of the DECADE, and I admire her too." - Jessica Simpson

"She works really hard. No matter what she's done, there's a hunger there. She doesn't have to prove herself, but she feels like she does." - Diane Warren

"I'm really excited to land this role in this particular movie. It's something I've wanted and worked so hard for the last 2 years, and this is even better because of my friendship with Mariah. I know the chemistry between the two of us on screen will be real." - Da Brat

"It's one of the best duets (Whenever You Call with Mariah) I've done. Mariah is such a sweet and nice, wonderful person. She's very talented woman." - Brian McKnight

"She's really sweet. Mariah Carey's wonderful. It was a great experience collaborating with her and Nas." - Joe

"I really admire Mariah Carey. I think she's a underrated, because she's a great producer, a wonderful writer, and no one gives her props for that. They always say 'Oh look, did you see what she had on?' And this and that. I'm like she's 30 years old, she's not 70 with breast hanging like chickens. She's young, she's beautiful, she has a great body. I just think she's wonderful, and I think people beat her up a lil' too much." - Tony Braxton

"I discovered Mariah in my room one day listening to the radio, and as soon as 'VOL' came on, I ran downstairs going, 'Mommy, Mommy' -- I just found the GREATEST person in the world! I just heard the GREATEST NEW VOICE!!!" - Christina Aguilera

"She has a great voice. I don't know, I love her talent. I like her...So I said, 'would you like to do a show with me?' Before i can finish she said 'YES' also. She just...she and Luther both honored me at the Essense Awards show." - Patti Labelle

"Especially Mariah's 'One Sweet Day' - the one she did with Boyz II Men. Oh mi God, that really helped me through a rough time." - Tony Braxton talking about her fave song in 1997

"I'd like to sing a few tunes with Mariah. Me and her...we've been practicing all day." - Jennifer Aniston as she jokingly told Access Hollywood during the first VH1 Divas LIVE concert in 1998, where she introduced Mariah that night to the audience

"Mariah's definitely on fire, so it makes guys watch it more, and even when I'm watching her sing, I feel like that's me 'cause I produced the record." - Jermaine Dupri talkin' about the 'Sweetheart' video in 1998

"This is music, not boxing. We (Mariah & her) get along well, we're good friends, and we sing well together." - Whitney Houston

"We've never met or talked before. It was our first time working together. In the studio, we were laughing a lot and talking in between a song, we had a great time together. She's a vivid minded girl, she's a smart lady. I really like Mariah." - Whitney Houston

"Mariah's great! she's the cutest in the world..." - actor Jerry O'Connell

"I LOVE Mariah Carey! She can break my heart anytime." - Chris Kattan

"I love Mariah's 'Heartbreaker' video except I like the good Mariah..." - Brandy

"Mariah Carey is a beautiful specimen. It was a good opportunity to worked with her. Mariah's a beautiful woman." - Snoop Dogg

"She's one of those popstars that's bigger than life. I've never really had to do an interview with her and everything, but just a normal conversation. She's cool, she's my age. She's from Long Island, NY. I know some people she went to high school with. She's a HUGE STAR. She showed up with her lil' entourage. You know...It's Mariah Carey. It's not just some actress you brought in..." - Chris O'Donnell

"I'm a huge fan of Mariah Carey. I admired her music for so long. It's hard to follow on her footstep. She's so successful. Mariah's Mariah. To be compared to her is a HUGE compliment." - Jessica Simpson

"From a personal stand point, Mariah's kindness stood out the most. She's a very caring person. We know from listening to her records how talented she is, but we didn't really know how talented she really is until we work with her in the studio. After working with Mariah, I can say, she's part of our family now. She's workaholic and definitely the mother of her career." - Jimmy 'Jam' Harris

"Working with Mariah was an extraordinary opportunity for me. It goes without saying that she's one of the world's greatest singers, but it was her musicianship that stunned me. She thinks like a record producer and lays her vocals down like a virtouso guitarist. Singer, Songwriter, Producer Mariah is a triple treat. Working with her was a wonderful experience from beginning to end." - David Foster, super Grammy Award Winning producer

"She's a trouper to say the least. But she's like a kid too. That's what so crazy, because when you're with Mariah, it's like Mariah's reality. It's like 'JUMP and go for a ride.' And look, she's really, really smart. She does everything: she writes, she produces. People think she writes those songs just to sell records, but those songs come right from her heart." - Brett Ratner, director of Heartbreaker, I Still Believe and Thank God I Found You videos.

"I'm presenting actually, right after she performs. So we were getting, we just did the rehearsal for it, and she just walked by me. I'm like OMG! it's HER!!! I don't think I get starstruck with anyone the way I do with Mariah. I'm still waiting to meet her. I hope...When you (Chris Connelly of MTV News) interview her, tell her Christina Aguilera thinks she's AMAZING. She looks AMAZING..." - Christina Aguilera

"Mariah Carey is my idol, but it has nothing to do with how she presents herself. Her new image? I don't care. As far as I'm concern, she can be nude in the stage. As long as she write great songs/music. As long as she works hard and keeps improving herself. That's what we want too." -Naima of the group Honeyz

"Me and Mariah are like BEST FRIENDS. She's a really, really GREAT person. I had an opportunity to worked with her and had been blessed to have her for a friend. Mariah's an Aries, her sweetheart Luis Miguel is an Aries. I'm an Aries, Kelly Price is an Aries. Most of my tight friends are an Aries..." - Da Brat

"I play Mariah's Mom in Flashbacks in 1968. This is a great chance for Mariah to spread her wings. I told Mariah as was proud to have her as my daughter (in Glitter). It's a sweet story with lots of singing and dancing. The great thing about my part is that I also get to sing a song, and I think it's one written by Mariah. (As for her acting, Mariah that is...when she was asked), 'She'll do fine, and she's a sweetheart.'' - Valerie Pettiford

"Yeah, I think she's a positive role model and ultra talented. She's a true diva." - Mandy Moore

"Probably Ella Fitzgerald, that's past, but if you're talking currently, I really like Mariah Carey. She's wonderful, she's a writer, and a producer, and I don't think people give her credit as she should." - Tony Braxton

"I was intrigued with Mariah because we had a lot of similarities. Like me, she has a mixed heritage. She has White Irish mother and an African-American Venezuelan Father. Like me, she had a dream in life that she zealously pursued. She knew she wanted to be a singer, and made that her mission. Like me, she still works extremely hard at her profession. She's a beautiful woman, on the inside and outside, and I had a deep respect for her and the way she handled herself. she started out with nothing but a dream that she would be a BIG STAR, and to this day, she still works hard at fulfilling that dream. She's constantly writing, she's constantly in the studio, she's constantly trying to get better. She's someone a lot of people can learn from. I know I did. Whether you like her music or you think it's terrible, you could learn a lot of the way she pursued her goal." - Derek Jeter

"Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston were my biggest influences. Madonna and Janet were too. I love their style (Mariah & Whitney) and the way their voices electrify you." - Britney Spears

"I was in the studio recording with Mariah Carey, and that stands out the most because we recorded the song together, 'TGIFY,' with me singing in the booth and her sitting at the control board. There's a glass that separates the booth from the control room and she's sitting there with this beautiful, beautiful smile and I'm like, 'Ah, man, I'm like in heaven right now.' I remember that like it was yesterday." - Joe

"Wow! That rings a bell - 'Mya and Mariah' that would be nice, she's one of my influences as well. Anything is possible. She has a beautiful voice." - Mya

"Mariah - we will be friends until the end of the rainbow." - Da Brat

"When I was little Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, and I love listening to Michael Jackson...Yeah, I've always loved Mariah Carey, I guess because she writes her music, most of her music, and because she comes up with the BEST melodies. Her range is just from here to there, and she's probably my role model." - Britney Spears

"And I heard Mariah's pretty tall too..around 5'9." I admire her as well and think she's got an AWESOME voice." - Ana Maria former Eden's Crush of the WB's PopStars show.

"Mariah Carey - A great producer, a great writer, a superb artist, but most of all...a GOOD friend." - Babyface