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I sang the National Anthem at Dodger Stadium - at a baseball game - which was crazy; there was, like, 60,000 people there, which is a huge deal in America - singing the National Anthem.

I wrote my own anthem: it's called 'Mariah's Theme.' It's on the 'Rainbow' album from '99. Back in the day.

I wanted to make youthful, irreverent anthems. Parents might not get it, but kids would.

The beauty of all these years of singing the anthem is that I got a chance to meet athletes that I love, and there was a mutual respect.

I'd like to be remembered as a premier singer of songs, not just a popular act of a given period.

Writing songs was like my ticket to the world, I think.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I don't believe songs that try to say everything in a simple slogan.

If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem, and you're screwed.

I feel like there's no subject that can't be sung about. I wrote a song dedicated to people with inflammatory bowel disease, and then I wrote about shoes. And mangoes. Every rock should be turned.