When you're seventeen years old, green and inexperienced, you're grateful for any guidance and direction you can get.
Christina AguileraI 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.
Christina AguileraWhen you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat.
Christina Aguilera