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

I have always been one to encourage perseverance.

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 have spoken honestly about being born into a home where there was discord and chaos. I saw my mom have a rough time with my dad being very controlling, which is why I push back whenever I feel like someone is trying to box me in. It makes me run for the hills.

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

I got along better with the guys than with the girls. Only two girls came up to talk to me. Later I found out they were telling their boyfriends, 'If you talk to her, I'll kill you.' It's always rough with that high school thing.

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

Thankfully, I have my mom and a small group of close friends who are there for me 24/7 and whom I can trust and depend on.

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

Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend.

It's an amazing thing to say, 'I'm beautiful,' without feeling like you're cocky.

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

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

I look back at the looks I've had over the years. I'm proud of myself that I had the courage to experiment with crazy hairstyles and some fashion things. Would I do it again? No. But that's part of the learning process and getting from point A to point B.

It's definitely a dream come true to be recognized and to be able to sign autographs. But, it's also a lot of hard work and can be draining. If you don't know already, you will quickly learn who your real friends are.

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

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.