Mariah Thought She Was Going To Die Young + She Is Ready To Start A Family

Mariah Carey is happy to be alive. The Pop diva sat down with “In Touch” magazine recently, and revealed that her personal life “was a mess,” and that she didn’t think she would live this long. Carey says, quote, “So many artists just exist for their careers and then burn out quickly. That was me before I met Nick, and he helped me. I always thought that I wouldn’t be here at this point. I was thinking, ‘Okay, I’ve got another year of my life left. This has got to be the end of it.’” But then, she met Cannon who told her to “stop talking like that.” Mariah says she always had a hang up about artists who died young and even talked about it with Michael Jackson once, although she says she “can’t reveal what he thought” about it.

In happier Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon news, the couple is thinking about starting a family. She says it is, quote, “at the forefront of our minds. We’re very close.” Cannon wants two children but Carey says the couple would be happy with just one because she says they are busy and she wants to be able to manage the right amount of attention for a child. Carey’s latest album, “Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel” is in stores now.