Christina Aguilera Quotes

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

The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

A guy gets all the glory the more he can score, while the girl can do the same and you call her a whore.

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

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

I embrace my body, and I embrace everything about myself. Coming full circle is a celebration of freedom and happiness because that's what [my new album] 'Lotus' is representing. I'm embracing everything that I've grown to be and learned to be.

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

Young girl, don't cry
I'll be right here when your world starts to fall
Young girl, it's alright
Your tears will dry, you'll soon be free to fly

When you're safe inside your room, you tend to dream
Of a place where nothing's harder than it seems
No one ever wants or bothers to explain
Of the heartache life can bring and what it means

When there's no one else, look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend, just trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength that will guide your way
You'll learn to begin to trust the voice within


Young girl, don't hide
You'll never change if you just run away

Young girl, just hold tight
Soon you're gonna see your brighter day


Now in a world where innocence is quickly claimed
It's so hard to stand your ground when you're so afraid
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold
When you look outside, look inside to your soul

When there's no one else, look inside yourself
Like your oldest friend, just trust the voice within
Then you'll find the strength that will guide your way
If you will learn to begin to trust the voice within


Life is a journey
It can take you anywhere you choose to go
As long as you're learning
You'll find all you'll ever need to know
Be strong
You'll break it
Hold on
You'll make it
Be strong
Just don't fo

Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place.

I wouldn't feel right wearing clothes covering my body.

[2010] was a rough year. Between my divorce and the other things I went through, a lot happened. It's hard for anyone to go through that in public. But when you're a celebrity and under a microscope, it's 58 million times harder. I grew an even thicker skin after that hard year.

Some people are only alive because it is illegal to kill.

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

In school that used to happen a lot: they'd get me to sing and then they'd hate me for it.

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 am very honest, even in interviews.

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

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 love Tom Cruise. When Penelope Cruz is through with him, I'm next.

I thought I knew who you were, but I see now you were a lesson to learn, and all I am to you now is a bridge that's been burned.

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

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!'

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.

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

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 those days where I'm PMSing and bloated.

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

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

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

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

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

You are beautiful no matter what they say, remember words can´t bring you down

The sky is the limit. I'm just following where life takes me. It's been an incredible journey.

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

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 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.

There's always a positive to those negative times, because you come out of it so much stronger and wiser. Strength comes from every hardship, and it's been a lesson for me.

Honestly, I just want to have a good time, listen to great singers and great music, and just use my instincts, as usual.

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

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.

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

If life is a journey,
It can take you anywhere you wanna go.

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

Sometimes magazines will take artist's creative choices too literally; they assume that I actually live the way I do in music videos. For example: the whole "Dirty" thing. Do you think I wear chaps to the grocery store?

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

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

I really love traveling to Japan.

I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.

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 I try to describe how I feel when you hold me, I get butterflies, I hear lullabies, it's hard to explain
like the scent of a rose or the sound of the rain. It's too precious and too wonderful to give it a name.

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.

I know my comfort zone and I know what my strong points are and my first love was always music. I'm a huge cinema fan. I was taking my time; I got offered a lot of scripts and things along the way but until Burlesque showed up at my doorstep, it really spoke to me. I have a collection of burlesque books at home that I've had for years. I've always been intrigued and fascinated with the topic, the beauty and the art of it and the comedic value of it. I think it's just a beautiful, empowering thing for women.

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

I feel like I've been locked up tight for a century, waiting for someone to release me.

There's nothing more dangerous than a boy with charm.

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 felt caged by my childhood.

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

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

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

I don't want to believe my own hype.

During that Grammy moment, when I nearly collapsed, I was thinking, Are you kidding me? I've always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant, I could perform in heels. Note to self: Never wear a train onstage.

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

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

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

I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.

You've got to make a decision: Are you going to go down with the situation, or are you going to focus and succeed? My dream ... kept me going.

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

Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same. And I still remember how you kept me so afraid.

Being a working mother is not easy, but I think it helps you choose what's important in your life. If I think about starting a new project
whether it be music, a movie or a fragrance
I always stop and think: Is this something I feel really passionate about? That way, if I'm not at home at least it's for something I really love, and my son can look up to that.

When I'm lost in the rain, In your eyes I know I'll find the light to light my way And when I'm scared, losing ground When my world is going crazy You can turn it all around and when I'm down you're there Pushing me to the top You're always there, giving me all you've got

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.

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

Just the whole concept of burlesque, I've always been fascinated with it. I've always collected so many books about burlesque.

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.

The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking.

I love red and I think it's more than just a color: It evokes an emotion. When you wear red, it makes you feel empowered and sexy. For me, sin is all about temptation and the power of seduction. Red Sin is a combination of those elements to make women feel irresistible.

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.

My own
Walls I built up became my home
I'm strong and I'm sure there's a fire in us
Sweet love, so pure
I catch my breath with just one beating heart
And I embrace myself, please don't tear this apart

People take sex far too seriously.

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

That overachieving, ambitious, nobody-can-hold-me-down attitude I had, which came from a place of anger and aggression, has transformed into feeling like I will take on the world, but I will do it with an embrace, rather than with my dukes up.

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

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

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

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.

Britney's a really cool girl, We were really close back when we were on the Mickey Mouse Club, and even watching her in interviews I find myself missing her lately. I'm really proud of her, how far she's come and what she's been able to accomplish. And to keep it together: It's so crazy out on the road. I gotta give her credit for not just going berserk and letting everybody get to her. I just passed on my number to her through somebody. It's good to have friends in the business who know what you're going through.

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

I'm very eclectic in what I like and what I listen to. But my favorite musical ever is "The Sound of Music." That was actually one that inspired me to sing.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

For a shield from the storm, for a friend, for a love to keep me safe and warm ... I turn to you. For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on ... for everything you do, for everything thats true, I turn to you.

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

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