Quotes from Christina Aguilera

I've always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant, I could perform in heels.

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.

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

I feel things deeply.

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

The sky is the limit. I'm just following where life takes me. It's been an incredible journey.

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

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.

Life is a journey, it can take you anywhere you choose to go

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

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.

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

My fans do deserve to see me back out on the road.

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

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

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.

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

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

It's impossible to redefine yourself and your life overnight.

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.

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

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 was never into the boy crazy thing because I was very focused on my career.

I feel so fortunate.