Toward the end of my pregnancy, I felt really big - I gained about 40 pounds, which is a lot for my size.
— Christina Aguilera
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 am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.
Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.
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 first love was singing and I had no time for boys.
I try to stay focused on my creativity.
People expect me to cry, but I always laugh when things go wrong.
I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home.
My future daughter is not going to go through what I did.
I'm very protective of how much I let people see.
I think it's a given that people know what I can do vocally.
I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.
I'm a lucky girl.
I don't see anything wrong with being comfortable with my own skin.
It can be hard in this business, especially when you're very young, to figure out who you can and can't trust.
I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore.
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 do reinvent old hits of mine and sort of give them a new life.
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 definitely love women. They are more attractive to the naked eye.
Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.
I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.
I've always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant, I could perform in heels.
I felt caged by my childhood.
Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but, you know, what are you gonna do?
Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.
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'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.
I was known as the little girl with the big voice.
I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.
When you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat.
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 want to be a poet and have a chance to explore that and let people know what's really on my mind.
I really don't spend any time on the Internet, so I guess I live a little under a rock in that respect.
I feel so fortunate.
I love my body.
When you're young, it's so easy to get bull-dozed.
I was never into the boy crazy thing because I was very focused on my career.
I feel things deeply.
When I first met my husband, I needed that helping hand to take the reins and look after me.
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.
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.
Everybody needs that one person that takes you to the right place to see all the positives in your life.
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.
It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' You either sink or swim.
I'm embracing many different things, but it's all feel-good.
I never mind contorting myself for a good cause.
When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.
Getting older, you just don't want to sing fluffy.
