Quotes from Christina Aguilera

The roughest roads often lead to the top.

I've gone through a really hard divorce, and anyone who has gone through a divorce will speak about how hard the journey is from start to finish. It's a life-uprooting time.

Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? When will my reflection show who I am inside?

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say.

I do reinvent old hits of mine and sort of give them a new life.

I'm content with life, and I'm finally at that place where I feel relaxed and can really enjoy what's going on around me.

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.

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.

I think you can really gauge my state of mind by listening to my albums.

I don't want to talk about genies in bottles anymore.

I have six-year-old fans that weren't even around for 'Genie in a Bottle' or even 'Fighter.'

I think it's a given that people know what I can do vocally.

I've been through my highs, I've been through my lows; I've been through the gamut of all things in this business. Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale. It's noise I block out automatically. I love my body.

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

I have a lot of things to say and a lot of things to let out of me.

Time heals everything. Sometimes you have to go through that pain and heartbreak so that you can get to the other side and come out on top.

We take food for granted, but it isn't a luxury for many people.

When you're part of a pop phenomenon, you have so many opinions shoved down your throat.

I'm not one that just throws music out there to keep it coming, and all that. I believe in the craft, and the time it takes to really nurture something and put a lot of effort into the details.

I really don't spend any time on the Internet, so I guess I live a little under a rock in that respect.

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'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

I think they say that when you're breast feeding, you know, your weight kind of slims down. It's a little easier. It's like a workout within itself. It's very tiring actually and you find yourself snacking more often.

I like to be as free as possible at all times.