Mariah Carey: 'I'm not in it for the fame'

Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey has insisted that she does not make music to be famous.

The singer denied suggestions that she is motivated by being a celebrity or earning cash to fund her expensive lifestyle.

She said: "I never really felt famous. I don't do it just because I want to make money or I want to be famous. I need to make music."

She added: "If I didn't have this, I don't know where I would be."

Carey, 37, recently claimed that she is a role model for social outcasts.