323 Quotes by Mariah Carey

It was the first time I felt safe enough to go back and peek in on Mariah, the little one, and recognize what she had survived. And suddenly, the first verse and chorus of “Close My Eyes” came to me:.

Don’t you know that you’re blowing my mind? What you do to me I can’t describe. Baby, I can’t hold back anymore. I just can’t conceal it. You’re the one I really adore.

But I closed my eyes Steadied my feet on the ground Raised my head to the sky And the times rolled by Still I feel like a child As I look at the moon Maybe I grew up A little too soon.

I had no idea how to handle what was going on. It was all of them against me. They had planned it. They fooled me into thinking they actually liked me.

Sipping Bailey’s Cream by the stereo, trying to find relief on the radio. I’m suppressing the tears.

In the beginning of our time together I was walking on eggshells. Then it became a bed of nails, and then a minefield. I never knew when or what would make him blow, and the anxiety was relentless.

I became his new star just as he was beginning a huge position at a new label, so he had the influence to clear the runway for my ascension into the sky. He was willing to move heaven and earth to make me successful. I recognized and respected that power.

I 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.

Underneath the shine, however, I had some inkling that there was a darker energy that came with him – a price to pay for his protection. But at nineteen, I was willing to pay.