Quotes from Christina Aguilera

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

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

When you're seventeen years old, green and inexperienced, you're grateful for any guidance and direction you can get.

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 think that the best way you can get honesty across in your music to connect and relate to people is to be motivated by personal emotions, stories and feelings.

Independence was a big, big thing for me. I saw my voice as a way out - when my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape.

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

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

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

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

Sometimes you just know what you're placed on this earth to do.

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

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

I'm one that likes to collaborate.

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

It's important to take time for your spouse and nurture the relationship.

My elementary school days were miserable. After Star Search, the jealousy got really bad that our neighbors slashed our tires.

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

Now everyone is a critic.

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

My body can't put anyone in jeopardy of not making money anymore - my body is just not on the table that way anymore.

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

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

I'm not being like, 'Hey, everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl.