Christina Aguilera Quotes

Target is one of the best at really listening to the artist and understanding what they are about.

The most vulnerable people have tough exteriors because they are very scared inside, and it's very hard for people like that - people like me - to open up. But playing it safe means you stop being open to learning. I always try to find the challenges.

I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as in the long run.

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

Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin

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

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

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

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

Now everyone is a critic.

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 those days where I'm PMSing and bloated.

I've been through my highs, I've been through my lows; I've been through the gamut of all things in this business. Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. It's noise I block out automatically. I love my body.

I'm comfortable with my body and it was a creative choice. I know that might make some women feel uncomfortable, but we need to stick together instead of getting angry at each other for our choices. I think women are sensual, beautiful beings, and I feel empowered when I express myself sexually.

It's a big responsibility to help someone express themselves as an artist.

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.

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.

You’ve got me feeling like you’re that something I’ve been missing.

Life is a journey, it can take you anywhere you choose to go

I talk openly about my past and what I've gone through - abuse being something that was very real in my household, and a lot of chaos growing up as a child. I think that I naturally just gravitated towards music that I could really feel on a deep level - and that meant sadness. I was able to connect with that at a really young age.

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

Power is making a statement about who you are.

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

It's important to recognize your own self-destructive behavior and be honest about it. You're only hurting yourself or losing out on your truth and happiness. I'm not afraid to face my own personal stuff. It's so important to dig it up and figure it out and move on.

In a world where I have to hide my heart and what I believe in. But somehow I will show the world what's inside.

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

Don't let anything morph you or push you around or have you be something you're not.

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.

Actually, the challenge I’ve always had is being too thin, so I love that now I have a booty, and obviously I love showing my cleavage.

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.

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

I think that the best way you can get honesty across in your music to connect and relate to people is to be motivated by personal emotions, stories and feelings.

I want to look good when people see me.

Whether you like me, or hate me, this is me.

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

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

There's a witch under this hair. The red lips are - I don't want to call them "armor," but they're the clothes of my character, and I'm in the business of entertainment. Wearing red lipstick helps get me into that world.

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.

When my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape. I saw it as a way out.

We have something called naked Sundays ... You have to keep marriage alive, spice it up ... We don't need to go anywhere, we're just with each other. We do everything naked. We cook naked.

I've gone through a really hard divorce, and anyone who has gone through a divorce will speak about how hard the journey is from start to finish. It's a life-uprooting time.

I don't want to believe my own hype. I want to stay hungry and stay eager and be the best that I can be.

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

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.

I was 21. At the time, I was under the thumb of my label, and I felt like I had to do, say and act out everything they asked me to do. I was trying to please them and the public and finally I had to say, "Enough. I'm going to make a record that makes me happy and addresses all facets of being a woman. I don't care if I sell one or one million records." That's how I came to make Stripped.

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.

Independence was a big, big thing for me. I saw my voice as a way out - when my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape.