I’m always nervous before I go on stage, but once I’m out there everything is great and it’s my favorite place to be.

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...

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

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...

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’m at peace.

It’s like, wow, she had a baby! That’s crazy! I’m overjoyed and thrilled for her,

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

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

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

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.

Ooh, that was just a little phase (smashing plates to relieve pain). I don’t do that any more but it was good fun, a release. I recommend it to everybody. That’s as long as you’re...

I want to have something that’s different to the way I’ve been portrayed. I admire Angelina Jolie – she acts tough but is still sexy.

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...

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

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

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

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

The utmost respect for each other

I hope for the best, it’s great to be nominated even once in your life.

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

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

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

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

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

I’ve been offered a lot but I want to stay away from romance, comedies and fluffy work. I met Stephen Spielberg at a breast cancer benefit and he explained that he’d seen me on Saturday...

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

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

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

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.

I was in a weird head space, I was not myself, for sure. I was kind of running around, crazy, experiencing things for the first time. That was the first time I had really broken...

When I got to the last box, there was a ring in it. He got down on one knee and said ‘Will you do me the honor of being my wife?’ I’ve been floating ever...

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

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.

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

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

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

What A Girl Wants,

I’m not falling for their lies and neither should my fans or Britney’s.

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

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

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 still got the nasty in me.

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

It was definitely a release for me. Something that made me feel a little more strong or empowered. Because it was something that had to do with me and no one else.

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

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

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.

It was a really hard time. Anything just set me off…I almost wanted to, you know, hurt myself. And it was the first time I’d ever had thoughts like that. I have a lot of...