Christina Aguilera

I'm a smart girl.

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

I hate working out - I have to mentally push myself through it. I can get very whiny saying things like 'I can't do it!'

I'm not a judgmental person so I can't comment on someone else's background.

I love color - I'm not a beige kind of girl.

Sometimes you just know what you're placed on this earth to do.

I was known as the little girl with the big voice.

I'm a lucky girl.

I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends 'If you talk to her I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing.

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.

The most successful people I've worked with like the Rolling Stones - people of a different kind of legendary caliber - have such great warm energy.

I have a lot of aggression in me that needs to come out in a not-very-precise or articulate way.

I think everybody should have a great Wonderbra. There's so many ways to enhance them everybody does it.

So where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.

I think they say that when you're breast feeding you know your weight kind of slims down. It's a little easier. It's like a workout within itself. It's very tiring actually and you find yourself snacking more often.

I'm an ocean because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight.

People expect me to cry but I always laugh when things go wrong.

I'm experimental by nature... always exploring my creativity.

Getting older you just don't want to sing fluffy.

I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home.

My parent's divorce and hard times at school all those things combined to mold me to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.

I think you can really gauge my state of mind by listening to my albums.

You used to have to sing and convey emotion and now well technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today but that's why that old music feels so good to me.

When you're young it's so easy to get bull-dozed.

I have a lot of things to say and a lot of things to let out of me.

I felt caged by my childhood.

Now everyone is a critic.

Everybody needs that one person that takes you to the right place to see all the positives in your life.

I want to be an all round entertainer I want to act make films make albums do whatever I can.

I love my body.

Growing up with the childhood that I had I learned to never let a man make me feel helpless and it also embedded a deep need in me to always stick up for women.

I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.

I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home.

Red lips and fragrance always top off an outfit for me.

I'm not really religious but very spiritual. I give money to this company that manufactures hearing aids on a regular basis. More people should really hear me sing. I have a gift from God.

I do reinvent old hits of mine and sort of give them a new life.

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

I'm embracing many different things but it's all feel-good.

I definitely love women. They are more attractive to the naked eye.

Pop is actually my least favorite kind of music because it lacks real depth.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

I didn't want to do something that was easy for me.

I'm not being like 'Hey everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl.

I'm not just another bimbo.

I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage - and at times I feel extremely weak.

The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.

I really love traveling to Japan.

For me the visual is just as important as the music.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.

We take food for granted but it isn't a luxury for many people.

I don't even watch my own show: I tape it I'm out.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking.

I want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.

I want to look good when people see me.

My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.

I always wanted to have my own album recorded and released before I graduated high school.

It's been a joy to be a part of other people's journey to be able to inspire and be a part of new singers coming up in this business.

After I had my son Max, I knew I wanted to get involved in causes that help children.

I have certain physical features that I favor over others. We all have our areas.

Thankfully I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.

I'm a businesswoman.

I like to be as free as possible at all times.

I have more than one side of me that likes to get out on a stage and sing.

When I'm traveling on tour one of my favorite things to do is to throw a baseball cap on and go to a Target. The company has always been good to me. They've got such a great creative team.

My son is healthy and happy so that's all that matters to me.

I find fragrance to be such a mood enhancer and definitely a seduction tool.

I'm at peace.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

It's an amazing thing to say 'I'm beautiful ' without feeling like you're cocky.

I'm not a 9-to-5 woman who has the same kind of lifestyle for years on end. I couldn't do it.

People don't always want to have females as leaders.

When I learned how millions of children go to bed hungry my only response was 'What can I do to help?'

I feel so fortunate.

I went through my first big breakup with a boyfriend who I had been with for more than two years. He had been one of my dancers and it was my first love and his.

In order to effect great change we need to look at how we can help those in our own communities as well as globally.

I feel things deeply.

When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like what is that?

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

I'm a bit of a night owl because that's when I feel the most creative and alive.

I'm a risk taker and I've always been like that especially when it comes to fashion.

I was very pushed to look a certain way and act a certain way and it wasn't me but I played by their rules to get my foot in the door.

When I first met my husband I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.

The roughest road often leads to the top.

There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore.

I stray away from formulaic the formatted.

When you're part of a pop phenomenon you have so many opinions shoved down your throat.

I always wanted to have my own album released before I graduated from high school.

I love doing normal things - movies shopping going out with friends writing reading taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom saying how much I wanted to be there.

When success comes people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say.

Basically what I'm saying is there is nothing fake about what I do. I'm up-front I'm real I'm honest and I'm open with my feelings.

I have those days where I'm PMSing and bloated.

All I want to do is be normal. But really it's other people who won't let me be that way.

Toward the end of my pregnancy I felt really big - I gained about 40 pounds which is a lot for my size.

I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore.

It's been quite a roller coaster ride but I've grown and learned a lot about myself. The greatest thing is being able to interact with fans and touch people's lives... for that I give thanks.

I really don't spend any time on the Internet so I guess I live a little under a rock in that respect.

I think all of us as women have this super-human quality. We create life we give life we are the sources of life for our children - we're all pretty bionic.

I've always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant I could perform in heels.

I was never into the boy crazy thing because I was very focused on my career.

Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but you know what are you gonna do?

Whatever I do it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

I'm very protective of how much I let people see.

I embraced being a pop artist but I like doing it on my own terms at my own pace.

I really feel free, and not as serious as I have been in the past.

I'm one that likes to collaborate.

I think it's a given that people know what I can do vocally.

I just get really bored with sticking to the norm and having the proper conservative image. That's just so not me.

It's important to take time for your spouse and nurture the relationship.

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe even if you get heat for it.

I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

I'm content with life and I'm finally at that place where I feel relaxed and can really enjoy what's going on around me.

I still got the nasty in me.

My fans do deserve to see me back out on the road.

I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.

Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend.

It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim.

It can be hard in this business especially when you're very young to figure out who you can and can't trust.

It's definitely a dream come true to be recognized and to be able to sign autographs. But it's also a lot of hard work and can be draining. If you don't know already you will quickly learn who your real friends are.

The road is a lot of work.

To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I welcome with open arms.

I am Ecuadorian, but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny blue-eyed white girl.

I don't see anything wrong with being comfortable with my own skin.

I don't think I could ever really be with a woman because that's a lot of... Yeah there's a lot of estrogen and I'm a lot to deal with when it's that time of the month so I can't imagine it times two.

Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl.

I have six-year-old fans that weren't even around for 'Genie in a Bottle' or even 'Fighter.'

My first love was singing and I had no time for boys.