Quotes from Christina Milian

I make a great lasagna. I also like making piccadillo. It's a Cuban dish with ground beef, tomato sauce, garlic and olives served over rice, with plantains. My ex-husband and all my boyfriends love it.

Well, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He's definitely a cowboy. He's from Texas.

Working with John Stamos is a ton of fun. He's just the biggest sweetheart - and he's just still gorgeous as can be. Such a hottie!

That's my fun time so, to me, doing my homework, studying on what I do, watching the movies, listening to music, all that inspires me so I focus a lot on that and practice.

I'm happy that I took time off to become a mom and raise my daughter properly and build a bond between the two of us.

Love yourself for who you are. You are beautiful inside and out, and nobody can take that away from you.

I would love to do some kind of mystery movie, or an action flick, something with that combination

I have had fear in the past, yes. I've learned to fight it. But I still have my moments. I just have to remind myself that fear is all within your mind, and that you're only holding yourself back when you give in to it. Even fear of success can be scary.

Being in the music business is a totally different industry right there.

There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

I signed to Def Jam and within two months, I heard that Ja Rule was looking for someone to do a song with.

I would love to do an indie film, as I've grown to have a more serious side.

The writing process is more... it becomes a case of more like a diary for me. I mean, I write stuff down all day whenever I'm experiencing something that I think would be important for me to look at later on. You know, whether it be for writing lyrics or just for a memory, like, 'Oh, my gosh, I can't believe I was feeling that way at that time'.

I've always loved 'Umbrella.' Funny enough, my ex-husband wrote that, and I'm not saying it was meant for me or anything - people will start twisting this - it is Rihanna's song! But I've always loved it.

With my first single, 'AM to PM,' I was just this cute 18-year-old. But 'cute' didn't get me older roles, and 'cute' wasn't selling records. I wanted people to see that I'd grown up, so I did 'Dip It Low.'

I have two sisters, so there is the three of us, and we're very close. We've been best friends since I pronounced it when I was ten and they were four and five.

Janet Jackson - I enjoy her style and her dancing.

I'm not one of those girls who gets with somebody for the jewelry.

I also have two dogs, a Chihuahua and a Yorkshire terrier, so if they like him, that's a good sign.

I love 'Latina'! You guys have always been so supportive of me and my career. Now I have my family, and it's just awesome.

When you have something special, it's like everybody picks apart words. They'll pick apart a moment in a picture and take something that's special and trash it.

The sun won't shine since you went away, seems like the rain's falling every day. There's just one heart, where there once was two; that's the way it's gotta be until I get over you.

I sang the 'Kim Possible' song for their cartoon series 'Kim Possible'.

Social media has allowed fans and celebrities to really engage and have an organic interaction with each other. Ever since I've had the opportunity to use social media, all the way back to the days of chat rooms, I found I was able to really understand what the fans wanted, communicate with them, and share my lifestyle.