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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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.

For me the visual is just as important as the music.

I love doing normal things - movies, shopping, going out with friends, writing, reading, taking hot bubble baths - that's a big one for relaxation. I also love to go to art and history museums.

Whatever I do, it's my business. It's not my job to parent America.

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 went through my first big breakup, with a boyfriend who I had been with for more than two years. He had been one of my dancers, and it was my first love and his.

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!'

Certain people want to see me solely as a pop act, but there are many different sides to Christina Aguilera besides the pop girl.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

I don't see anything wrong with being comfortable with my own skin.

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