“When I heard The Fame Monster, I was like, ‘What the **** is she talking about – teeth and he ate my heart and monster and dance in the dark and ****?’ I thought she was such a shock jock. Then I saw her on the American Music Awards, and I was like, ‘You’re an animal of another kind, and we need you!’ She’s amazing. She’s an entertainer, a visual arts. And her lyrics do mean things when you actually break them down.”
“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry, I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.” - Mariah Carey
"I can proudly say Bionic was ahead of its time, to be honest. It wasn’t so commercialized. You had to really be a music lover, be a true fan of music and the love of being open to really appreciate that record. It’s just a special piece in my body of work that will forever live on. The older the record gets the more people will come to appreciate it actually and check it out."
"And with that comes hurdles and certain areas where people aren't going to get it and understand it artistically; sometimes it will go over their heads and it will not be as commercially successful."
"Max is legendary in the business. He's known about me but we haven't crossed paths. I think when I came in you heard his name with Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, Britney Spears -- those records were the kind I wanted to stray apart from. If you look at what I did in the past [after my debut], I always try to do things that will challenge me and challenge the listener, too."
“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry, I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.” - Mariah Carey
“Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry, I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.” - Mariah Carey
"A teacher asked us if anybody knew the names of the continents. I was sooo excited. I was like, Damn it! It's my first day of 7th grade, I'm in junior high and I know this answer. So I raised my hand, I was the first one, and I said A-E-I-O-U!"