Christina Aguilera's Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't want to believe my own hype.

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

I feel so fortunate.

I feel things deeply.

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 have always been one to encourage perseverance.

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

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

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

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

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

I love my body.

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 never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

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

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

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

I still got the nasty in me.

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

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

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

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

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

I want to look good when people see me.

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

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

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

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.

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

I'm a businesswoman.

I'm a smart girl.

I'm at peace.

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

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

I'm not just another bimbo.

I'm one that likes to collaborate.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Now everyone is a critic.

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

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

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

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

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

The road is a lot of work.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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.