Mariah Carey born again

Mariah Carey has spoken about her belief in God and her feeling that she has been "born again" several times in this lifetime.

Mariah says that following her reported "breakdown" in 2001 after filming two movies, Glitter and Wise Girls, and a busy promotional tour in support of the Glitter movie and album,that she felt she had been "through everything but death."

In an interview with Cosmo Girl magazine, the 35-year-old singer said: "I do believe that I have been born again in a lot of ways. I think what I've changed are my priorities and my relationships with God.

"I feel the difference when I don't have my private moments to pray. I said to my father when I went through all that stuff, 'I feel like I've gone through everything but death, so I'm not scared of anything anymore.'

"Once you fall that hard and have been kicked and kicked you learn to protect yourself. I'm a fighter, but I learned that I'm not in charge. Whatever God wants to happen is what's going to happen. I feel like I've had endless second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth chances. It's by the grace of God I'm still here. Yes,I'm frustrated a lot of the time, I go through bad days. But, I'm ecstatic where I am."

Mariah's latest album, The Emanicipation of Mimi, has sold more than two million copies in the US alone and returned Mariah to the top of the charts worldwide.document.write(unescape("