Grammy Award - winning singer Mariah Carey says she always had low self - esteem, and people do not recognize that.
"I just feel like I am a regular human being and I deserve the same respect as anybody else.
I have always had low self - esteem, and people do not recognize that, " Carey exclusively told pagesix. com.
But she added: "I can't measure what type of respect I deserve - I really can't. "
Carey says that on the inside she feels less regal.
"Growing up different, being biracial, having the whole thing where I did not know if I fit in . . .
That is why music became such a big part of my life, because it helped me overcome those issues, " she said.
"Sometimes it is hard to let your guard down. "
She recounted her time before she made it to the industry.
"I remember it not being easy getting a record deal.
Making demos in the middle of the night, sleeping on the floor in the studio, being broke with no food.
My go - to meal was (Newman's Own) sauce.
Me and my friend would split the pasta and sauce for, like, a week.
Or it was, like, a bagel and iced tea . . .
The guy would give it to me at the deli for free.
These days, she said she is working on a new fragrance.
"I don't have a name . . .
But it is with Elizabeth Arden.
It smells like success.
There is also a secret song I have been working on. "