Quotes from Christina Aguilera

I'm not a judgmental person, so I can't comment on someone else's background.

You are beautiful no matter what they say, remember words can´t bring you down

When I learned how millions of children go to bed hungry, my only response was, 'What can I do to help?'

My son is healthy and happy, so that's all that matters to me.

I will not have my son grow up in a tension-filled home.

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

Mormons aren't gonna buy my album but, you know, what are you gonna do?

When I first came out there was no such thing as Twitter or Facebook. And the blogs! Like, what is that?

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

Target is one of the best at really listening to the artist and understanding what they are about.

The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

I was brought up in a household of chaos and I never felt stable at home.

I have more than one side of me that likes to get out on a stage and sing.

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.

I have a lot of aggression in me that needs to come out in a not-very-precise or articulate way.

When you're unhappy in your marriage, your children are the ones who suffer.

I try to stay focused on my creativity.

All I want to do is be normal. But really, it's other people who won't let me be that way.

I hate working out - I have to mentally push myself through it. I can get very whiny, saying things like, 'I can't do it!'

I just get really bored with sticking to the norm and having the proper conservative image. That's just so not me.

I still got the nasty in me.

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.

At a really early age I connected with old soul and blues. My grandma used to take me to little record stores around Pittsburgh and buy me old records. I was 6, and I'd sing the songs at block parties. My grandma would get a kick out of hearing me do material that was far beyond my years. I was known around the neighborhood as the little girl with the big voice, and I always liked that contrast.

Songbird, rebirth, unearth creature / Submerge from hurt, pain, broken pieces / Emergency, heartbeat increases / Rise up lotus, rise, this is the beginning.