Best 215 quotes of Christina Aguilera on MyQuotes

[2010] was a rough year. Between my divorce and the other things I went through, a lot happened. It's hard for anyone to go through that in public. But when you're a celebrity and under a microscope, it's 58 million times harder. I grew an even thicker skin after that hard year.

Actually, the challenge I’ve always had is being too thin, so I love that now I have a booty, and obviously I love showing my cleavage.

After all you've put me through, you would think I despise you, but in the end I want to thank you because you made me that much stronger.

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

A lot of people are afraid to face themselves, especially when something goes wrong. But that's important, because if something happens within a relationship, it could be how you're allowing someone else to treat you.

At a really young age, I decided I was never going to feel helpless, I was never going to feel weak around a man, and I was never going to rely on anyone.

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.

Becoming a mother has helped me to realize who I am aside from my career.

Being a mom changes your life. It actually has made me become more comfortable in my own skin and my own body because it's such a growth and a learning lesson.

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

Being a working mother is not easy, but I think it helps you choose what's important in your life. If I think about starting a new project - whether it be music, a movie or a fragrance - I always stop and think: Is this something I feel really passionate about? That way, if I'm not at home at least it's for something I really love, and my son can look up to that.

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

Britney's a really cool girl, We were really close back when we were on the Mickey Mouse Club, and even watching her in interviews I find myself missing her lately. I'm really proud of her, how far she's come and what she's been able to accomplish. And to keep it together: It's so crazy out on the road. I gotta give her credit for not just going berserk and letting everybody get to her. I just passed on my number to her through somebody. It's good to have friends in the business who know what you're going through.

Bruises fade father, but the pain remains the same. And I still remember how you kept me so afraid.

Call me a slag. If it means being a strong woman, I'll gladly be that.

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

During that Grammy moment, when I nearly collapsed, I was thinking, Are you kidding me? I've always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant, I could perform in heels. Note to self: Never wear a train onstage.

Etta James is my all-time favorite singer. I've said it in every interview, in every story, in every on- and off-camera question. That music was always such a huge escape for me, even from a young age.

Everybody needs that one person that takes you to the right place to see all the positives in your life.

Fashion is a lifestyle, it's a choice,it's a freedom of expression.You have to live it, you have to love it. You have to breathe it. Life's all about love and glamour.

For a shield from the storm, for a friend, for a love to keep me safe and warm...I turn to you. For the strength to be strong, for the will to carry on...for everything you do, for everything thats true, I turn to you.

For me, my voice and music was always an outlet. Growing up in an unstable environment and whatnot, music was my only real escape.

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

For me the visual is just as important as the music. I would never record without my red lipstick. It was my way of getting into character, sort of like Method singing.

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

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.

He's the one guy I can credit for making me think about marriage in a whole new light, because every guy I've had in my life has either lied or cheated me financially or business-wise, or taken advantaged of me.

Honestly, I just want to have a good time, listen to great singers and great music, and just use my instincts, as usual.

How could you not learn from Cher with her work ethic and the way she commands attention when she walks into a room, but exudes such peaceful tranquility and love for everyone. She just makes you feel warm and welcome and more inspired to do a better job because you want to step up to the plate.

Hurt me to see the pain across my mothers face, every time my father's fist would put her in her place.

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

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

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

I am very honest, even in interviews.

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

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

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

I don't see makeup as a defense. I see it as a creative outlet. I am a woman who has my extreme vulnerable side and my baggage--and at times I feel extremely weak. And who's to say a little mascara doesn't make you feel more confident when you pop it on and look in the mirror? It helps, especially in my position, where I have people waiting down the street to take pictures of me so they can evaluate and criticize every little flaw on my face.

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

I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as in the long run.

I don't want to believe my own hype. I want to stay hungry and stay eager and be the best that I can be.

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

I don't weigh myself - it's all about how I feel in my clothes. What looks good on one person might not look good on another body type. I happen to be very confident in my own skin. It takes time to get to that place, but it's all about embracing yourself and your body.

I embraced being a pop artist, but I like doing it on my own terms, at my own pace.

I embrace my body, and I embrace everything about myself.

I enjoy real people, down-to-earth people who are true to themselves and honest to your face - good or bad.

I feel like I've been locked up tight for a century, waiting for someone to release me.

I felt caged by my childhood.

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