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

I want to look good when people see me.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I'm a lucky girl.

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

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

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

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

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

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.