Carey’s had though times as well, so between the two of us, it’s perfect.
My mum and I have an incredible friendship now after a mixture of pain, honesty, unconditional love and a long break from each other.
I sing my life. It’s like I’m having group therapy 350 days a year, and the people who come to the show get that, and they’re there for that – whether it’s to be lifted up, or to be lifted out, or just entertained or inspired, or to feel not so alone.
When I first appeared, people couldn’t figure out whether I was gay, straight, black, white or whatever, and I loved that. I loved the fact it scares people.
Big productions, to me, are great – like, I love going to Vegas and seeing shows – but I think that sometimes it’s distracting, especially when you are there to listen to the music.
I don’t think imitation is the highest form of flattery, I think it’s annoying.
My fans mean more to me than they will ever know. I call these people my friends and my confidence and if they are here to see me and they are here to support me, then that’s all I need in life.
If I wasted my time trying to be like everybody else when I was 10 and 11, I wouldn’t be me today. So if you are gonna be the future rockstars, the future somebody, whatever you wanna be then you’re wasting your time trying to be somebody else, because you’ll never get to you.
But just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die. You’ve gotta get up and try, try, try.
I’m about to make people forget about Madonna.
Pretty, pretty please, don’t you ever ever feel like you’re less than, less than perfect.
I dedicate my love and whole heart this Memorial Day to my Dad, a soldier, who like many others, suffers in silence with pride and honor.
To experience the good you have to have seen the bad; plus it makes you appreciate blessings more. Tough times taught me to be a fighter.
I’d rather bleed with cuts of love than live without any scars.
The only problems I’ve ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.
Consumerism diverts us from thinking about women’s rights, it stops us from thinking about Iraq, it stops us from thinking about what’s going on in Africa – it stops us from thinking in general.
My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them.
Once you figure out what respect tastes like, it tastes better than attention. But you have to get there.
For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary. Sometimes that was $50 a week.
Raise your glass if you are wrong in all the right ways.