'I don't mind being compared to Whitney [Houston], there are people miles worse to be compared to.'

'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 i…

'I nearly didn't get here because there wasn't a red carpet for me.'

'Then Joan Rivers, at the Oscars, said, 'Let me see, Mariah. Everyone says you gained weight.' You know what's really sick about that? The message we're sendin…