Christina Aguilera Quotes

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

- Christina Aguilera

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.

- Christina Aguilera

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.

- Christina Aguilera

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.

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

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

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I still got the nasty in me.

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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.

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

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

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

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I'm one that likes to collaborate.

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

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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.

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I have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom have a rough time with my dad being very controlling, which is why I push back whenever I feel like someone is trying to box me in. It makes me run for the hills.

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

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

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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.

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I still have my eyes on the prize: I want to be that old lady onstage shaking her hips and singing her greatest hits.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

- Christina Aguilera

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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I don't want to believe my own hype.

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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!'

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I'm a big micro manager; I'm a stickler about organisation; everything needs a place, a purpose, and micro managing myself even when I'm in the studio.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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I'm a smart girl. There are decisions that I make for reasons, and the most important thing is that my son is happy and he always will be. He's surrounded by love.

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

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I look back at the looks I've had over the years. I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things. Would I do it again? No. But that's part of the learning process and getting from point A to point B.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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I felt caged by my childhood.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

- Christina Aguilera

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

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

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

- Christina Aguilera

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

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That's why I wrote 'Fighter'. I have that need in me to help people. I am all about the underdog.

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

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

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I don't weigh myself - it's all about how I feel in my clothes.

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I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

- Christina Aguilera

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

- Christina Aguilera

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

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I've never watched an entire episode of 'American Idol'. It's too mean.

- Christina Aguilera

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

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I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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I'm not just another bimbo.

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I feel so fortunate.

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

- Christina Aguilera

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

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

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

- Christina Aguilera

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

- Christina Aguilera

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

- Christina Aguilera

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

- Christina Aguilera

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Christina Aguilera

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

- Christina Aguilera

The roughest road often leads to the top.

- Christina Aguilera

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

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

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I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

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The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking.

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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.

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I really love traveling to Japan.

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

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

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

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I'm a businesswoman.

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

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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.

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I feel things deeply.

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Now everyone is a critic.

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

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

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

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A lot of people are afraid to face themselves, especially when something goes wrong. But that's important, because if something happens within a relationship, it could be how you're allowing someone else to treat you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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When you're unhappy in your marriage, your children are the ones who suffer.

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I should not have to prove my ethnicity to anyone. I know who I am.

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I'm a lucky girl.

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The road is a lot of work.

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

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

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