Christina Aguilera

I'm one that likes to collaborate.

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

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.

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

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

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 felt caged by my childhood.

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

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

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

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I feel things deeply.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I love my body.

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

I feel so fortunate.

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

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

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!'

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

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

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

I stray away from formulaic, the formatted.

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

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

Now everyone is a critic.

I'm a businesswoman.

I don't want to believe my own hype.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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