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For Me, My Voice And Music Was Always An Outlet. Growing Up In An Unstable Environment And Whatnot, Music Was My Only Real Escape.

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For Me, My Voice

Christina Aguilera

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For Me, My Voice And Music Was Always An Outlet. Growing Up In An Unstable Environment And Whatnot, Music Was My Only Real Escape.

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You Can Never Be Too Perfect, Too Thin, Too Curvy. I'm Very Confident And Happy With My Body.

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 Don't Weigh Myself - It's All About How I Feel In My Clothes. What Looks Good On One Person Might Not Look Good On Another Body Type. I Happen To Be Very Confident In My Own Skin. It Takes Time To Get To That Place, But It's All About Embracing Yourself And Your Body.

My Emotions Overload Because There Is No Hand To Hold, There’s No Shoulder Here To Lean On; I’m Walking All On My Own.

There's Always A Positive To Those Negative Times, Because You Come Out Of It So Much Stronger And Wiser. Strength Comes From Every Hardship, And It's Been A Lesson For Me.

When I'm Traveling On Tour, One Of My Favorite Things To Do Is To Throw A Baseball Cap On And Go To A Target. The Company Has Always Been Good To Me. They've Got Such A Great Creative Team.

Sometimes Magazines Will Take Artist's Creative Choices Too Literally; They Assume That I Actually Live The Way I Do In Music Videos. For Example: The Whole "dirty" Thing. Do You Think I Wear Chaps To The Grocery Store?

My First Love Was Singing And I Had No Time For Boys.

I Am A Woman Who Has My Extreme Vulnerable Side And My Baggage - And At Times I Feel Extremely Weak.

The Red Lips Are - I Don't Want To Call Them "armor," But They're The Clothes Of My Character, And I'm In The Business Of Entertainment. Wearing Red Lipstick Helps Get Me Into That World.

Red Lips And Fragrance Always Top Off An Outfit For Me.

I Don't See Anything Wrong With Being Comfortable With My Own Skin.

I'm No Stranger To Criticism. You're Never Going To Be Good Enough, Or Just The Right Thing In Everybody's Eyes.

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.

You've Got To Make A Decision: Are You Going To Go Down With The Situation, Or Are You Going To Focus And Succeed? My Dream...kept Me Going.

There Is No Truth To The Rumors That We Hate Each Other. I Have No Ill Feeling For [britney Spears] And Vice Versa. I Am Proud Of All The Achievements She Has Made In Her Career, She Is A Very Hard-working Person. I Have Nothing But Love For Her.

It's Frustrating Always Being Compared To Britney Because We Are Two Very Different Artists... We Both Dance And Sing But People Have Not Yet Had Enough Time To Realise That There Is A Huge Difference Between Us. If She Wants To Go And Do Something, I'll Want To Do The Opposite.

I'm A Big Micro Manager; I'm A Stickler About Organisation; Everything Needs A Place, A Purpose, And Micro Managing Myself Even When I'm In The Studio.

I Wanna Say Thank You Cause: Makes Me That Much Stronger, Makes Me Work A Little Bit Harder. Makes Me That Much Wiser. So Thanks For Making Me A Fighter!

Britney's A Really Cool Girl, We Were Really Close Back When We Were On The Mickey Mouse Club, And Even Watching Her In Interviews I Find Myself Missing Her Lately. I'm Really Proud Of Her, How Far She's Come And What She's Been Able To Accomplish. And To Keep It Together: It's So Crazy Out On The Road. I Gotta Give Her Credit For Not Just Going Berserk And Letting Everybody Get To Her. I Just Passed On My Number To Her Through Somebody. It's Good To Have Friends In The Business Who Know What You're Going Through.

When I First Met My Husband, I Needed That Helping Hand To Take The Reins And Look After Me.

So Consumed In All Your Doom, Trying Hard To Fill The Emptiness.

I’m Addicted To Your Allure And I’m Fiending For A Cure.

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.

How Could You Not Learn From Cher With Her Work Ethic And The Way She Commands Attention When She Walks Into A Room, But Exudes Such Peaceful Tranquility And Love For Everyone. She Just Makes You Feel Warm And Welcome And More Inspired To Do A Better Job Because You Want To Step Up To The Plate.

Whatever I Do, It's My Business. It's Not My Job To Parent America.

Not To Say That Music Today Doesn't Have Heart, But It's Really Few And Far Between Because Technology Has Advanced Itself So Much That Anybody Can Be A Singer. Back In The Day, You Had To Know How To Sing.

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Men Aren't As Strong And Capable As We Are. We're Machines.

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Don't Let Anything Morph You Or Push You Around Or Have You Be Something You're Not.

I'm Experimental By Nature... Always Exploring My Creativity.

I Was Known As The Little Girl With The Big Voice.

Becoming A Mother Has Helped Me To Realize Who I Am Aside From My Career.

When You're Young, It's So Easy To Get Bull-dozed.

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That One Person

Inspirational Celebrity

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I Don't Think There Is Such A Thing As Being Too Raunchy When It Comes To The Art Form Of Burlesque.

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So Now The Devil's In My Soul.

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We Take Food For Granted, But It Isn't A Luxury For Many People.

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People Expect Me To Cry, But I Always Laugh When Things Go Wrong.

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Some People Are Only Alive Because It Is Illegal To Kill.

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Fashion Is A Lifestyle, It's A Choice,it's A Freedom Of Expression.you Have To Live It, You Have To Love It. You Have To Breathe It. Life's All About Love And Glamour.

I Love Theatrics And Have A Huge Imagination: Why Would I Want To Sit Onstage And Sing A Bunch Of Ballads Back-to-back?

I Am Ecuadorian But People Felt So Safe Passing Me Off As A Skinny, Blue-eyed White Girl.

Whether You Like Me, Or Hate Me, This Is Me.

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Certain People Want To See Me Solely As A Pop Act, But There Are Many Different Sides To Christina Aguilera Besides The Pop Girl.

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You’ve Got Me Feeling Like You’re That Something I’ve Been Missing.

I'm A Hard Worker And I Really Give To My Fans Through My Shows.

I’m Sorry For Blaming You For Everything I Just Couldn’t Do, And I’ve Hurt Myself By Hurting You.

I Have A Lot Of Aggression In Me That Needs To Come Out In A Not-very-precise Or Articulate Way.

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I Turned To Music Originally Because Of My Past And Needing A Release Or An Outlet To Get Out Anger Or Frustration Or Hurt.

I Love Tom Cruise. When Penelope Cruz Is Through With Him, I'm Next.

I Don't Have Anything To Hide But What Happens Is The Media Tend To Beat Up What I Say.

It's An Amazing Thing To Say, 'i'm Beautiful,' Without Feeling Like You're Cocky.

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 Want To Look Good When People See Me.

It's Been Quite A Roller Coaster Ride, But I've Grown And Learned A Lot About Myself. The Greatest Thing Is Being Able To Interact With Fans And Touch People's Lives... For That I Give Thanks.

Why Is A Woman's Sexuality Always Under So Much Scrutiny? Why Can't She Do Exactly What She Please Without Being Called A Million Things?

I'm An Ocean, Because I'm Really Deep. If You Search Deep Enough You Can Find Rare Exotic Treasures.

I Still Got The Nasty In Me.

I Don't See Makeup As A Defense. I See It As A Creative Outlet. I Am A Woman Who Has My Extreme Vulnerable Side And My Baggage--and At Times I Feel Extremely Weak. And Who's To Say A Little Mascara Doesn't Make You Feel More Confident When You Pop It On And Look In The Mirror? It Helps, Especially In My Position, Where I Have People Waiting Down The Street To Take Pictures Of Me So They Can Evaluate And Criticize Every Little Flaw On My Face.

I Feel Like I've Been Locked Up Tight For A Century, Waiting For Someone To Release Me.

That Overachieving, Ambitious, Nobody-can-hold-me-down Attitude I Had, Which Came From A Place Of Anger And Aggression, Has Transformed Into Feeling Like I Will Take On The World, But I Will Do It With An Embrace, Rather Than With My Dukes Up.

It's Important To Take Time For Your Spouse And Nurture The Relationship.

All I Want To Do Is Be Normal. But Really, It's Other People Who Won't Let Me Be That Way.

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.

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'm Not A 9-to-5 Woman Who Has The Same Kind Of Lifestyle For Years On End. I Couldn't Do It.

Some People Are Afraid Of Change And [feel] That Getting Older Is A Bad Thing, But I Really Love Maturing And Gaining Wisdom, And The Experience Of Being Pregnant And Having A Child And Seeing What A Woman's Body Can Do Is Amazing.

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.

My Future Daughter Is Not Going To Go Through What I Did.

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.

[2010] Was A Rough Year. Between My Divorce And The Other Things I Went Through, A Lot Happened. It's Hard For Anyone To Go Through That In Public. But When You're A Celebrity And Under A Microscope, It's 58 Million Times Harder. I Grew An Even Thicker Skin After That Hard Year.

I Definitely Love Women. They Are More Attractive To The Naked Eye.

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.

After All You've Put Me Through, You Would Think I Despise You, But In The End I Want To Thank You Because You Made Me That Much Stronger.

It's Amazing How A Truly Great Songwriter Can Touch Anyone In The World With Their Words.

There’s Nothing More Dangerous Than A Boy With Charm.

I Think That Whatever Size Or Shape Body You Have, It's Important To Embrace It And Get Down!

When You Have A Specific Vision For Something, You Just Go In And Attack It.

I'm One That Likes To Collaborate. I Love Feeding Off The Creative Energy, And It Only Makes Me Better.

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My Body Can't Put Anyone In Jeopardy Of Not Making Money Anymore - My Body Is Just Not On The Table That Way Anymore.

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.

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Etta James Is My All-time Favorite Singer. I've Said It In Every Interview, In Every Story, In Every On- And Off-camera Question. That Music Was Always Such A Huge Escape For Me, Even From A Young Age.

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I'm Not Really Religious But Very Spiritual. I Give Money To This Company That Manufactures Hearing Aids On A Regular Basis. More People Should Really Hear Me Sing. I Have A Gift From God.

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If I Was Having A Bad Day, Or If Something Was Really Getting Me Down -- Boy Troubles, Whatever -- I Wanted To Go Out And Get A New Piercing. It Was Definitely A Release For Me. Something That Made Me Feel A Little More Strong Or Empowered. Because It Was Something That Had To Do With Me And No One Else.

I'm Comfortable With My Body And It Was A Creative Choice. I Know That Might Make Some Women Feel Uncomfortable, But We Need To Stick Together Instead Of Getting Angry At Each Other For Our Choices. I Think Women Are Sensual, Beautiful Beings, And I Feel Empowered When I Express Myself Sexually.

I Have Certain Physical Features That I Favor Over Others. We All Have Our Areas.

Getting Older, You Just Don't Want To Sing Fluffy.

The Beautiful Faces Of The Children I’ve Met In Rwanda And In Other Countries Are With Me Every Day And Fuel My Passion To Raise Awareness Of The Global Hunger Issue. That’s Why I’m Urging Everyone To Join Me And #passtheredcup For Yum! Brands’ World Hunger Relief Effort. Together We Can Move Millions Of Children From Hunger To Hope.

I Just Get Really Bored With Sticking To The Norm And Having The Proper Conservative Image. That's Just So Not Me.

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I Talk Openly About My Past And What I've Gone Through - Abuse Being Something That Was Very Real In My Household, And A Lot Of Chaos Growing Up As A Child. I Think That I Naturally Just Gravitated Towards Music That I Could Really Feel On A Deep Level - And That Meant Sadness. I Was Able To Connect With That At A Really Young Age.

I Was Never Into The Boy Crazy Thing Because I Was Very Focused On My Career.

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